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London-sized iceberg breaks off Antarctica

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-10-03 16:43
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A London-sized iceberg breaks off the Amery ice shelf in east Antarctica.

The iceberg contains 315 billion tons of ice and was separated on Sep 26.

Scientists say this is not due to climate change and that it's a natural occurrence called calving.

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