A chunk of Greenland the size of Manhattan just broke off into the sea: 76-sq-km iceberg breaks away from Petermann glacier, largest calving event since 2012

A substantial chunk of ice, spanning 76 square kilometers, separated from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland on August 4. Satellites observed the dramatic break, and researchers had been closely watching the glacier’s evolving fractures for many years. This incident signals the end of a decade-long stability phase, with the iceberg set to drift and fragment into smaller chunks in the ocean.
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