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An iceberg twice the size of London lasted 40 years at sea. Its time is up

A colossal Antarctic iceberg that broke off in 1986 and weighed nearly a trillion tonnes is finally disintegrating in the South Atlantic. Scientists say it will vanish completely within weeks. A trillion tonnes of ice that broke off Antarctica the same year Chernobyl exploded is nearing its end, dissolving in the warm waters of the South Atlantic after four decades of defying every prediction scientists threw at it. The berg, known as A23a... [4472 chars]

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