Megalophobia is that irrational but somehow totally understandable fear of massive objects. It’s the kind of thing that makes ...

Satellite data shows that Antarctic ice sheets have grown in size, prompting claims that climate change is in reverse or even ...

According to estimates, the iceberg will now melt as a faster rate after losing much of its initial mass. In 1986, A23a initially broke off from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf near the Antarctic ...

Scientists who have used satellites to track the iceberg's decades-long meanderings north from Antarctica have codenamed the iceberg A23a. But up close, numbers and letters don't do it justice.

Since 2020, however, the mega-iceberg has been “drifting with the currents of the Southern Ocean towards South Georgia,” they added. A23a “has been watched closely” by BAS since then.

The A23a iceberg (CR) drifting toward South Georgia Islands, in the Southern Ocean. Picture: Handout / NASA / AFP However in its current location, the iceberg could offer benefits to wildlife.

The world’s biggest iceberg, named A23a, has come to a standstill as it appears to have run aground in shallow waters off the remote island of South Georgia after drifting around the Southern ...

After months on the move, the world's largest iceberg, A23a, has run aground off the remote British island of South Georgia, representatives from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) reported on ...

A23a started to drift up through the Southern Ocean in 2020, when currents put it on a possible collision course with South Georgia. The iceberg and the island are about the same size in square miles.

The colossal iceberg A23a -- which is more than twice the size of Greater London and weighs nearly one trillion tonnes -- has been drifting north from Antarctica towards South Georgia island since ...

The so-called A23a iceberg, the world's largest, has run aground in South Georgia after almost 40 years at sea, threatening important penguin colonies. Tom Clarke ...