Researchers say tracking the massive iceberg is essential to understand its potential impacts on rising sea levels, marine ...
About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for ...
The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, is on the move again after months stuck in ocean currents, and the scientists are tracking ...
"It's exciting to see A23a on the move again after periods of being stuck," oceanographer Andrew Meijers said.
The iceberg has been spinning in a Taylor Column, since April, according to Nasa. A Taylor Column is rotating waters that form above underwater mountains and trap objects in place, according to BAS.
The "megaberg" A23a is on the move again after spinning in one spot for months on end. This is the ice slab's second great escape in as many years after being stuck in place for the first 37 years of ...
In 2020, it came free and floated in the Weddell Sea until it got trapped in a Taylor Column, a phenomenon in oceans that traps objects drifting over underwater mountains in water vortexes.
The iceberg has been spinning in a Taylor Column, since April, according to Nasa. A Taylor Column is rotating waters that form above underwater mountains and trap objects in place, according to BAS.