For a place so remote that almost nobody will ever see it from the ground, Petermann Glacier produced an unusually well-observed rupture. On 3 August 2026, European radar satellites recorded pronounced deterioration through the centre of its floating tongue. By 4 August, a 76-square-kilometre slab had separated from the eastern side and become an ice island.
The new iceberg is roughly Manhattan-sized in area and may be as much as 150 metres thick, according to the European…
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