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Ice Giant Shatters: World Largest Iceberg A23a Breaks Up Posing Risk to Penguins, Ships and Climate Stability

Ice Giant Shatters: World Largest Iceberg A23a Breaks Up Posing Risk to Penguins, Ships and Climate Stability

Breaking News, Climate Actions, Environment
The world’s largest iceberg, A23a is disintegrating into thousands of smaller ice chunks, posing environmental and navigational threats in the Southern Ocean. NASA’s Aqua satellite, using its MODIS instrument, captured striking images of this slow-motion collapse near South Georgia Island, where the iceberg is currently grounded. A23a with a surface area once estimated at 1,200 square miles roughly the size of South Georgia Island has been slowly breaking apart via a process called "edge wasting." Since becoming lodged again in March, the massive sheet has already lost nearly 200 square miles of ice. NASA reports that the largest fragment so far, dubbed A23c, spans around 50 square miles, while many other splintering pieces still stretch over a kilometre across, making them dangerou...
Heat to Chill in a Flash: Over 60% of the World Faces Deadly Climate ‘Flips’

Heat to Chill in a Flash: Over 60% of the World Faces Deadly Climate ‘Flips’

Breaking News, Climate Actions, Fact Check
Sudden Swings in Temperature Threaten Lives, Crops, and Climate Stability A new global study has revealed that more than 60% of the world has experienced sudden and extreme temperature shifts known as temperature flips over the past six decades. These rapid transitions from blistering heat to severe cold, or vice versa, leave little room for human or ecological systems to adapt, posing severe risks to health, infrastructure, agriculture, and the environment. What Are Temperature Flips? Temperature flips refer to short-term, intense shifts between extreme hot and cold conditions. Unlike isolated heatwaves or cold spells, these flips pack a double punch by swinging between both extremes within a short window. The study, published in Nature Communications found that these climate...