Tabular Iceberg

Description

The giant crack in the Larsen C ice shelf was yet more distressing confirmation of what global warming is doing to our planet. In July 2017 an iceberg the size of Delaware (about 5800 square kilometres) broke away from Antarctica and floated into the Southern Ocean. The more devastating long-term effect of this event will be that it will likely hasten the demise of the glacial ice still on land behind the shelves.