A huge iceberg that’s bigger than New York City broke off near a UK base in Antarctica
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CNN) A giant iceberg broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Friday, not far from a British scientific outpost. The 490 square miles (1270 square kilometers) chunk of ice is bigger than New York City and broke free in a process called calving, according to a statement from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) . […] Scientists have been expecting a large iceberg to break away for years because of vast cracks that have formed in the 150-meter-thick floating ice shelf, according to the BAS. […] An even bigger iceberg broke away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in 2017 and floated into the open ocean late last year. […] “Change in the ice at Halley is a natural process and there is no connection to the calving events seen on Larsen C Ice Shelf, and no evidence that climate change has played a significant role,” according to the BAS.
