The one trillion tons of ice has separated from Antarctica

The ice has an area of ​​over 6,000 square kilometers and a thousand billion tons of weight has separated from the Antarctic ice continent, becoming one of the largest icebergs in history.

According to the BBC, scientists have confirmed that the giant ice sheet has completely detached the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica on July 12 via satellite imagery after more than a decade of observation.

Thicker ice sheets of 200m will not move far and fast in the short term, but need to be closely monitored to ensure maritime transport safety. The Larsen C ice shelf takes about 10% of the total surface area after the ice separates.

Cracks on the Larsen C ice shelf lead to separation.(Photo: AFP / Getty).

"Glacial scientists will now closely monitor whether the rest of the Larsen C ice shelf becomes less stable than before. At the same time, biologists will also explore the systems. What will the new ecology form due to this separation " , Daily Mail quoted analyst Andrew Fleming of the British Antarctic Research Agency (BAS).

The separating ice shelf is a natural phenomenon, but global warming is thought to have contributed to accelerating this process. Hot seawater "erodes" the ice shelf from below while rising air temperature reduces the ice shelf area from above.

The detached ice sheet (in the gray area) is about the same size as England's Wales, four times the size of London, 7 times the area of ​​New York.(Graphic: Project MIDAS).

Specialist Rod Downie, head of the polarity programs of the World Wildlife Fund in England (WWF-UK), said the event prompted scientists to "redraw" the map of the Antarctic Peninsula. He also warned of the "fragile" nature of the two polar regions.

"Although this is what Antarctica does what it does, the event shows how fragile the polar regions are , " he said. "The polar regions greatly affect the ocean and atmosphere. But the western Antarctic region has witnessed warming with the fastest rate of globalization in recent decades. That's bad news for those Special species such as Adélie penguin or emperor penguin ".

Ice shelves play a role in preventing glaciers from flowing straight into the sea. So scientists said that if the Antarctic glaciers were controlled by Larsen C ice shelves directly into the ocean, the global sea level would rise by about 10 centimeters.