{"id":224115,"date":"2025-01-27T16:25:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T20:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/the-worlds-largest-iceberg-begins-to-move-after-decades-of-stillness\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T16:35:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T20:35:05","slug":"the-worlds-largest-iceberg-begins-to-move-after-decades-of-stillness","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/the-worlds-largest-iceberg-begins-to-move-after-decades-of-stillness\/","title":{"rendered":"The world&#8217;s largest iceberg begins to move after decades of &#8220;stillness&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The world&#8217;s largest iceberg<\/strong> , known as A23a, has resumed its movement after years of apparent immobility. Located north of the South Orkney Islands, the ice mass, twice the size of London, is now adrift in the Southern Ocean. <\/p>\n\n<p>Formed in 1986 after breaking off from the Filchner Ice Shelf, the A23a <strong>remained anchored to the seabed of the Weddell Sea for more than 30 years<\/strong> . However, its history took a turn in 2020, when it began a slow drift northwards, a journey marked by unique oceanographic phenomena. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A23a megaberg escapes after months in ocean vortex | British Antarctic Survey\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1fNssnTjtA0?start=6&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Iceberg A23a is also the oldest in the world. Source: British Antarctic Survey <\/p>\n\n<p>For months, this giant was trapped in a Taylor column, an oceanographic phenomenon that caused it to spin in one direction, slowing its progress.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where is the world&#8217;s largest iceberg going?<\/h2>\n\n<p>According to the British Antarctic Survey, A23a is en route to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, a pathway that could take it to warmer waters near the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Scientists point out that as the iceberg moves forward, its interaction with the ocean has the potential to influence global carbon and nutrient cycles. Laura Taylor, an expert in biogeochemistry, points out that these giant icebergs can create productive ecosystems by providing essential nutrients.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/A-donde-va-el-iceberg-mas-grande-del-mundo-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"Photograph of the largest iceberg in the world A23a.\" class=\"wp-image-224101\" style=\"width:690px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/A-donde-va-el-iceberg-mas-grande-del-mundo-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/A-donde-va-el-iceberg-mas-grande-del-mundo-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/A-donde-va-el-iceberg-mas-grande-del-mundo-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/A-donde-va-el-iceberg-mas-grande-del-mundo-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/A-donde-va-el-iceberg-mas-grande-del-mundo-624x351.webp 624w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/A-donde-va-el-iceberg-mas-grande-del-mundo.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photograph of the A23a. Source: shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The impact of its breakup could be significant, however. A23a, which <strong>weighs nearly a trillion tons<\/strong> , will break up into smaller blocks when exposed to warmer temperatures, a process that could disrupt the feeding routes of species such as king penguins. <\/p>\n\n<p>For experts, this event is a crucial opportunity to study how <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/the-arctic-could-face-its-first-ice-free-day-in-2027-what-will-be-the-consequences\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"213986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Antarctic ice melting<\/a><\/strong> influences global oceans. Andrew Meijers, oceanographer for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ocean-ice.eu\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OCEAN:ICE project<\/a><\/strong> , highlights the importance of monitoring these processes in a context of accelerating climate change. <\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It&#8217;s exciting to see A23a moving again after periods of being stuck. We&#8217;re interested to see if it will follow the same path as other large icebergs that have broken off from Antarctica. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Follow us on social media and don&#8217;t miss any of our posts!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@inspenet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inspenet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@inspenet?_t=8qqIL6dRGNR&amp;_r=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bas.ac.uk\/media-post\/worlds-largest-iceberg-a23a-breaks-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">British Antarctic Survey<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Photos: shutterstock<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iceberg weighs almost a trillion tonnes and is twice the size of London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8403,"featured_media":224070,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13068,13032],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-224115","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-environment","categoria_noticias-management"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/224115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/224115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=224115"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=224115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}