OCEAN ICE was featured in the European Correspondent on April 23, discussing the life and death of the A23a iceberg and the wider context of the Southern Ocean/Antarctica for global climate and sea level. The interview with Andrew Meijers focused on the path and steady melt of the A23a megaberg as it travelled towards its eventual disintegrated in the Polar Front, but used this as a vehicle to discuss OCEAN ICE science and the Southern Ocean. The interview touched on the deep uncertainty in future sea level rise projections, as well as the 'Greenlandification' of the Southern Ocean - both topics that OCEAN ICE has advanced significantly over the last four years.
The A23a iceberg "has been grounded in the Weddell Sea for 30 years, losing about 25% of its area. But in 2020, A23a began moving again, carried northward by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current into warmer waters that accelerated its melt and breakup."
The English version of the article can be found here: https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-worlds-biggest-iceberg-is-almost-gone
The author of the article - Andrew Meijers (British Antarctic Survey)
