For over two years, the U.K.-based Project MIDAS has been monitoring a large, fast-moving rift in the Larsen C ice shelf, located on the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula. On Wednesday, researchers with the European Space Agency released a detailed analysis of the soon-to-be iceberg. It’s expected to be about 620 feet thick and contain about 277 cubic miles of ice, according to ESA. “This is a single piece which is remarkable I guess because it’s of somewhat biblical proportions,” Mark Drinkwater, head of the mission science division at ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre, told Mashable. In a post to Twitter, Drinkwater said the hype around the impending separation has given rise to the term “bergxit.”

Source: Huffington Post July 05, 2017 22:09 UTC