The scale of the iceberg that broke off of the Petermann Glacier in Greenland is just incredible.  Experts say it’s the largest iceberg to hit the Arctic since 1962, and that’s easy to believe given the sheer size of the thing.  It’s as thick as half the Empire State Building’s height, and it’s over 100 square miles in surface area.  It’s more like an island than a chunk of ice!

“The freshwater stored in this ice island could keep the Delaware or Hudson rivers flowing for more than two years,” University of Delaware researcher Andreas Muenchow said on the school’s website.  “It could also keep all U.S. public tap water flowing for 120 days.”  It’s an atypical display from the Arctic ocean; generally, huge chunks of ice break off from Antarctica, not the northern areas near Greenland.

It is believed that global warming is the cause of the crack in the Petermann Glacier.

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