{"id":136826,"date":"2025-01-24T07:54:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T05:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/one-of-the-worlds-oldest-icebergs-is-on-the-move-and-may-collide-with-a-wildlife-haven\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T07:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T05:54:56","slug":"one-of-the-worlds-oldest-icebergs-is-on-the-move-and-may-collide-with-a-wildlife-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/one-of-the-worlds-oldest-icebergs-is-on-the-move-and-may-collide-with-a-wildlife-haven\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the world\u2019s oldest icebergs is on the move \u2013 and may collide with a wildlife haven"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136826\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The colossal A23a iceberg has travelled more than 3,000km since it broke off from its Antarctican ice shelf. The mega-iceberg, known as A23a, is currently 280km away from the British territory of South Georgia &#8211; home to seabirds, elephant and fur seals, and King and Emperor penguins. But icebergs are unpredictable and it\u2019s unclear how soon this one could hit the island or if it will disintegrate before impact. In 2004, the island was hit by a smaller iceberg, the A38, causing penguin chicks and seal pups to starve to death on beaches, after their routes to food were blocked by enormous chunks of ice.<\/p>\n<p>One of the world\u2019s oldest icebergs, and its largest, A23a is double the size of Greater London and weighs nearly a trillion tonnes. It broke off from Antarctica\u2019s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986 and then got stuck on the seafloor for almost 30 years. After breaking free in 2020, it surprised scientific observers by getting trapped in an oceanic vortex, a phenomenon that keeps objects spinning in place.<\/p>\n<p>The UN General Assembly has declared 2025 the year of the glacier, with World Glacier Day landing on 21 March. With glaciers under threat of melting from warming ocean and air temperatures, it\u2019s likely we\u2019ll see more mega icebergs in the future. But A23a was created long before the recent years of extreme overheating, so climate change can\u2019t be blamed for its formation or why it\u2019s on the move now. Locals report, however, that icebergs are posing an increasing threat.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/01\/23\/one-of-the-worlds-oldest-icebergs-is-on-the-move-and-may-collide-with-a-wildlife-haven\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/7-655\/\">One of the world\u2019s oldest icebergs is on the move &#8211; and may collide with a wildlife haven<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[16407,575,1154,1173],"class_list":["post-136826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-collision","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-iceberg","tag-wildlife"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}