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submitted 1 month ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Something remarkable has happened to A23a, the world's biggest iceberg.

For months now it has been spinning on the spot just north of Antarctica when really it should be racing along with Earth's most powerful ocean current.

Scientists say the frozen block, which is more than twice the size of Greater London, has been captured on top of a huge rotating cylinder of water.

It's a phenomenon oceanographers call a Taylor Column - and it's possible A23a might not escape its jailer for years.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

DO NOT QUESTION MY BRILLIANCE!

(I have no idea, I'm a dum 'murcan and we measure our paper in stupid units.)

this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2024
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