Massive iceberg breaks off Antarctica

ANTARCTICA (KXAN) — One of the world’s largest icebergs has finally broken off from an ice shelf in western Antarctica.
British scientists say the iceberg broke off from the Larsen C Ice Shelf sometime between Monday, July 10 and Wednesday, July 12. Researchers with Project MIDAS, a UK-based Antarctic research group, detected the break with the help of data from NASA’s Aqua MODIS satellite.
The iceberg weighs an estimated 1.12 trillion tons and is approximately the size of Dela