315 Billion-Ton Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica

jimminy_cricket quotes a report from the BBC: The Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica has just produced its biggest iceberg in more than 50 years. The calved block covers 1,636 sq km in area — a little smaller than Scotland’s Isle of Skye — and is called D28. The scale of the berg means it will have to be monitored and tracked…