Scientists believe that the fault is likely triggered by climate change.
From Antarctica broke off one of the biggest icebergs ever recorded.
Scientists had expected the glacier Larsen With sooner or later will break away a huge chunk.
Monitor the development of large cracks in the ice Shelf Larsen took more than ten years. The collapse of the ice shelf began on the Eastern front, Antarctica in 2014.
Ice shelf Larsen consisted of three large glaciers – A, B and C. Now split the last of the remaining Larsen C. In June, split it reached 13 kilometers from the edge of the glacier.
Float freely went to the block of ice with a thickness of about 200 meters and a size of about six thousand square kilometres – or seven times more in Kiev, and a mass of about one trillion tonnes.
If wind and current will send an iceberg to the North of Antarctica, there is a real threat to navigation.
Scientists believe that the fault is likely triggered by climate change. Over the past 50 years, the temperature in the southwest of Antarctic, on Antarctic Peninsula has increased by 2.5 degrees.
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