India, May 2 -- The world's largest iceberg in Antarctica, A-68, just got smaller. As per latest reports, the giant chunk of ice has shed and drifted into the warm waters of the Antarctic Peninsula. By Upasana Singh

The European Space Agency's Sentinel-1 satellite recorded the footage of a sizeable chunk of ice measuring about 175 sq. km breaking away from the world's largest iceberg, A-68. Due to the massive chunk shedding off, the size of A-68 has visibly decreased. It is assumed that the iceberg might gradually start splitting into smaller pieces. Scientists believe that climate change is one of the main reasons behind the slow collapse of the iceberg.

In July 2017, at around 5,100 sq. km, the iceberg split apart and broke free from ...