This is the second major break-off from the ice shelf, known as calving, in two years, although scientists have long predicted it to happen. According to the British Antarctic Survey, cracks have been naturally developing across the ice shelf for a decade.
It was the first time in human history that Antarctica had such a collapse. It happened after an brought unusually warm air to the region, and many pointed to climate change as a possible factor.
But according to BAS glaciologist Dominic Hodgson, the latest iceberg break-off from Brunt"is not linked to climate change."
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