It's big, beautiful and — blue. But this 40-year-old iceberg is about to disappear for good

An iceberg that was once the biggest on the planet is floating off into the South Atlantic Ocean, where it will soon melt ...

The iceberg known as A-23a, noted for its striking blue stripes, drifts near South Georgia Island on Dec. 26, 2025. It broke loose from Antarctica in 1986 but is expect…

An iceberg that was once the biggest on the planet is floating off into the South Atlantic Ocean, where it will soon melt ...

Reagan-era iceberg once twice the size of Rhode Island now faces complete disintegration: NASA

A giant Antarctic iceberg that was twice the size of Rhode Island faces imminent collapse, turning blue with meltwater and ...

The former largest iceberg is turning blue. It’s a bad sign.

The megaberg A23a is most likely on its last legs, and has been captured turning blue because of meltwater. The iceberg was ...
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Mega-iceberg A23a, formerly the world's largest, turns into bright 'blue mush' as it finally dies after 40 years at sea

New satellite photos reveal that one of the world's largest and longest-lived icebergs, A23a, has developed vibrant blue ...
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40-Year-Old Iceberg Turns Vivid Blue as It Approaches Total Disintegration

That is not what is happening with A-23A. The 40-year-old berg is not a classic 'blue iceberg,' but one that is rapidly ...
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Satellite sees 40-year-old iceberg melt, turn blue | Space photo of the day for January 12, 2025

A has been around since the Chernobyl explosion and Space Shuttle Challenger accident...but perhaps not for much longer.

Massive iceberg could be days away from ‘complete disintegration’: NASA

In a news release, NASA revealed that iceberg A-23A, among the largest and oldest ever tracked by scientists, could be just ...
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Iceberg Larger Than New York City Turns Blue as It Approaches the End of Its Life

American space agency NASA says one of the largest icebergs we know of, A-23A, is aprocahing complete disintegration in the ...
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Iceberg that once world’s largest turning blue as it melts and dies

When it first detached, the iceberg was nearly twice the size of US state Rhode Island, about 4,000 square kilometers.
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Iceberg A-23A turns blue as scientists warn collapse is imminent

A massive iceberg that broke away from Antarctica nearly four decades ago is showing dramatic signs of collapse, as ...
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Large Antarctic iceberg breaks away, heads toward important wildlife island

The South Georgia Islands might not be permanently populated by humans, but it is an important sanctuary for penguins, seals and other various creatures in the South Atlantic. But a giant iceberg, ...