It represents more than 10 per cent of the entire Larsen C ice shelf, said Christopher Shuman, a NASA research scientist and professor of glaciology at the University of Maryland. "This is a worrisome sign for the Larsen C: you can't lose 12 or 13 per cent of your area from an ice shelf and not think, 'Hmm. "Obviously we have been seeing climate change impacts, and it's possible that this is going to put the ice shelf in a much more vulnerable position." The iceberg — about 6,000 square kilometres — broke away from the Larsen C ice shelf as part of the natural cycle of calving. But scientists will definitely be keeping an eye on what happens to the remaining 40,000 square kilometres of the Larsen C ice shelf.

Source: CBC News July 13, 2017 09:00 UTC