A giant iceberg shows Antarctic glaciers

An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has fallen from the glaciers of Antarctica after another crashed into the giant iceberg, according to scientists who now fear that this evolution will entail changes in ocean circulation.

The collision, which occurred on February 11, made it appears a piece of ice 300 feet long and 700 meters wide from the ice shelf off the coast of Antarctica.

According to the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, this phenomenon has not been produced by climate change but is due to natural processes of the ice sheets.
German scientists from the station "Neumayer III", located some 10 kilometers from the place where the collision occurred, they were able to observe the phenomenon directly and calculated that the energy released in the moment of impact is equivalent to 5 to 10 tons of conventional explosive.

The detachment is one of the largest in recent years. In 2002 an iceberg about 200 miles separated from Antarctica. In 2007, an iceberg the size of Singapore left the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica.
Scientists now fear that ocean currents are affected, as any interruption in the production of cold water in the region could affect currents and weather patterns.