May
19 – Bloomberg (Laura Millan Lombrana):
“An iceberg the size of the
Spanish island of Majorca has broken off the coast of Antarctica, with
measurements taken from satellites and planes confirming it’s now the
world’s largest. Iceberg A-76 calved from the western side of the Ronne
Ice Shelf in Antarctica and is now floating on the Weddell Sea… It
measures around 170 kilometers (105 miles) long and 25 kilometers (15
miles) wide. That’s larger than New York’s Long Island and half the size
of Puerto Rico. The Antarctica ice sheet is warming faster than the
rest of the planet, causing melting of snow and ice covers as well as
the retreat of glaciers, especially around the Weddell Sea.”