Iceberg Nears British Island

This is a news story, published by BBC, that relates primarily to the Filchner Ice Shelf news.

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A23a: Giant iceberg on collision course with island - penguins and seals in danger

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The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island.

It could ground and smash into pieces, potentially putting penguins and seals in danger.

The warmer waters north of Antarctica are melting and weakening its vast cliffs that tower up to 1,312ft ( 400 m) A23a calved, or broke off, from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 1986 but got stuck on the seafloor and then trapped in an ocean vortex.

That could store more carbon deep in the ocean, as the particles sink from the surface. That would naturally lock away some of the planet's carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change. Icebergs are notoriously unpredictable and no-one knows what exactly it will do next. But soon the behemoth should appear, looming on the islands' horizons, as big as the territory itself..

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