It is about 210 meters thick and contains 315 billion tons of ice, American glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker said. Satellite images show an iceberg weighing 315 billion tons has broken off of Antarctica. "It's really important that the public doesn't get confused and think that this is climate change," Fricker said. An iceberg that was three times larger broke off Antarctica two years ago, she said, causing panic at the time. "It's a fine line because we definitely don't want people to think that climate change isn't happening," Fricker added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 01, 2019 16:30 UTC