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[00:00.42] Imagine a field of ice more than twice the area of Greater London, but as thick as its skyscrapers are tall.

[00:07.33] This is A23a, current title holder of the world's biggest iceberg.

[00:12.10] Scientists have used radar pulses from a European Space Agency satellite to essentially take a tape measure to the colossus.

[00:19.81] The researchers from the UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling say the berg has lost quite a bit of mass since breaking away from the Antarctic coast in 1986, but it still tips the scales at 950 billion tonnes.

[00:34.42] As A23a moves north and warms in the coming weeks, its melt rate will accelerate, and it'll be dumping more fresh water into the ocean daily than is consumed by the entire UK population.