Scientists in Antarctica have discovered a huge crack (GRAPHIC MAP)

Through skol the water gets huge iceberg measuring about six thousand square kilometers - an area equivalent to the area of ​​Scotland

British Geophysics recorded a sharp increase in cracks in the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica. From March to August 2016 increased length of 22 kilometers.

This edition reports Mashable.

During 2016 crack grew faster than the same period last observation. Further spread of strains lead to cleavage ten percent of the largest areas of the glacier.



In this case the water gets huge iceberg measuring about six thousand square kilometers - an area equivalent to the area of ​​Scotland. The exact date of this event gave researchers predict.

Larsen is the northernmost of the great glaciers of Antarctica.

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If it breaks off, some continent's going to have a disastrous situation in their hands. Imagine the damage it can do to anyone's coast. If it's floating in and ocean, how can it be broken up? Can also cause a tsunami. Something to keep an eye on.