. >>> british lion scientist say one of the biggest icebergs just broke loose from antarctica . >> the iceberg ways 1 trillion tons and is so massive maps of the antarctica continent will need to be redrawn.>>reporter: 1 trillion ton iceberg has broken away from antarctica . >> is a very large iceberg, it is more than a quarter in size of the country . >> this process where the large area of a glacier breaks off, it is normally preceded by a sizable riff. experts say they have been anticipating this and have been monitoring this throughout the winter with satellite surveillance . >> in 2014 we first noticed the large rift developing on the shelf and that has separated and detached now . >> large icebergs break off of antarctica naturally so sciences are not relating this to climate change but say this is from a part of the antarctic peninsula that has warmed in recent decades . >> something has been sitting there waiting to happen all that time. we have no direct evidence to say how it happened or whether it would not have happened had we not been warming the climate . >> experts are n

one of the biggest ever recorded breaking away from antarctica. is climate change to blame? >>> and taking a mental health day. why so many are applauding one boss's response to something so many workers can relate to. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. we're glad to have you with us tonight. president trump says this evening he was unaware until recently of the trump tower meeting held last year in which his son donald jr. hoped to receive dirt on hillary clinton from a russian government attorney. the president defending his eldest son in an interview with reuters just as exclusive nbc video surfaces of the then real estate magnate celebrating with some of the figures now tied to the latest twist in the russian controversy. nbc's peter alexander has the latest. >> reporter: tonight this video shot exclusively by nbc shows donald trump in 2013 attending a birthday party in moscow for his former business partner aras agalarov, tied to vlad

sxwrnchtsz one of the biggest ever recorded breaking away from antarctica. is climate change to blame? and taking a mental health day. why so many are applauding one boss' response to something so many workers can relate to. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. we're glad to have you with us tonight. president trump says this evening he was unaware until recently that the trump tower meeting held last year in which his son donald jr. hoped to receive information on hillary clinton from a russian attorney. the president defended his eldest son in an interview with reuters just as an exclusive nbc video surfaces of the real estate m magnate celebrating. peter alexander has the latest. >> reporter: tonight this video shot exclusively by nbc shows donald trump celebrating. also there his son emin, the russian pop star who asked a trusted associate during the campaign to set up a meeting with donald trump jr. and a russian government attorney. >> it's going to be big. >> reporter: with the white house under siege, the president's now acting as defen

from a tremendous ice sheet in antarctica.larming as that sounds, scientists are urging everyone to chill. here is deborah patta. >> reporter: it has been hanging on by a thread for months. but finally, a giant chunk of ice, the size of delaware, has snapped off. at more than 2200 square miles, the massive fracture certainly looks dramatic, but scientists are not pressing the panic button just yet. if the fracturing of this iceberg cause for alarm? >> at the moment i would categorically say no. >> david borne says it is all part of regular house keeping in the antarctica, but may provide scientific clues long term. >> the question is whether this is the beginning of a retreat of this ice shelf that may eventually be linked to climate change. >> an ice shelf is a permanent floating sheet of ice attached off to land. an iceberg will snap off every few decade. but of the ice shelf usually grows again as it gains new ice from land. the warmer temperatures have seen some ice shelves such a pin toint that they're ue to regenerate. s

the way that the ice flows in antarctica is theice that the ice flows in antarctica is the ice sheet,ing slowly towards the ocean. sometimes when the bed on which it rests is below sea level, theice which it rests is below sea level, the ice as it thins becomes a float. 0nce the ice as it thins becomes a float. once it is floating, back and be 300 400 metres thick by that stage, that is called a ice shelf. and as the ice shelf close to the ocean, icebergs break. that very normal, this is one of the top ten largest icebergs that we know about. nothing to do with global warming? probably not. we're very concerned about the ice shelves and their state of health around the ice sheet, the reason is because they provide a back stress which the grounded ice u pstrea m back stress which the grounded ice upstream from flowing into the ocean. if the grounded ice got into the ocean, the sea level will go up asa the ocean, the sea level will go up as a consequence. we are the ocean, the sea level will go up 3s a consequence. we are very interested in the stability of the ice shelves. we know abou

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this is what antarctica does when it gets up is what antarctica does when it gets up in the morning,s the glaciers come off the land they go into the ocean and then they lift up and become buoyant and that ice joins together and calls —— forms and ice shelf. it can only support so much ice before an iceberg breaks off and thatis ice before an iceberg breaks off and that is what we are seeing here, a very natural function of what antarctica does. it is true that this region further north has seen a lot of ice go in the last few decades but some of the incidents we saw one those ice shelves we're not seeing in this area at the moment so this is really business as usual. what are those symptoms. we have seen what are those symptoms. we have seen air temperatures rise in the antarctic peninsular very recently and meltwater appear on top of ice shelves, great big ponds of water which goes down through cracks and can drive the cracks down through the cracks and right down to the ocean and split off the ice and on other ice shelves we have seen them covered in melt points and we are not see

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and sometime between monday and today it broke away from antarctica. according to experts the one ton iceberg will not result in sea levels rising. but able address to cruise ships and visiting south america take a look. it had been on the verge of breaking for months. this giant iceberg detached itself from the larson sea ice shelf in antarctica on wednesday. as spectacular phenomenon known as carving which scientists had time to see coming. brings in two thousand fourteen first name to use that. knowledge rift developing the i. shelf at the risk of course the coloring. has been there for you know with the satellite images i've seen. it was clearly well established in nineteen eighty six been something's been sitting there waiting to happen. all that time. the process has accelerated in recent days as the risks reached its breaking point. the free floating fifty eight hundred square kilometer one trillion ten iceberg is one of the largest ever recorded. say it's it's more than a quarter the size. of the country mortals. researchers say the risks could

>> well, it's significant as a sign of what is happening to antarctica as a whole.helf, it's already floating, so it won't raise sea level, but if the others behind it also come off, that could release more land-based ice that would raise sea level, and significant part of west antarctica has already crossed a point of no return. >> stephen: what does that mean, no return? i'm asking for a friend who has a beach house. >> i understand. the ice scientists say, unfortunately, there will be continued sea level rise, but we still have the ability to have an impact on how long that takes and whether or not other big parts of antarctica melt in turn because, if they did, we would lose a lot of coastal cities in the u.s. and around the world. >> stephen: well, the new film is inconvenient sequel truth to power. normally a sequel two movie is a sign it was successful. is it a sign it wasn't successful because we need a sequel to this one? should we have done more by now? i guess that's what i'm asking. >> we should have done more, yes, but 18 months ago there was an histori

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. >>> how did an iceberg the size of delaware manage to break away from antarctica? maps will even have to be redrawn after this event. we'll explain next. there on the. when i think about being related to thomas jefferson, it certainly makes me feel a sense of pride the tenacity of not only that he showed in his life but was given to me through the slaves that i'm birthed through as well. it makes me think that there's really no excuse for me in any area of my life to not be able to conquer anything. ♪ >>> welcome back. 22 minutes past the hour this thursday. scientists are examining the causes and effects of an enormous iceberg breaking away from the antarctic peninsula, one of the biggest calving events ever reported. it's noticed for its impact on sea levels since it holds twice the water volume, twice the water volume of lake erie. cnn's kyung lah has more. >> reporter: a crack more than 120 miles long on the east side of the antarctic explain finally breaking off, creating a spectacular iceberg weighing more than a trillion metric tons, roughly the size of dela

the giant iceberg detached itself from the ice shelf in antarctica on wednesday.n 2014 we first noticed there was a large rift developing in the ice shelf. it was clearly established in the 1980's and have an waiting to happen all of that time. >> the process had accelerated in recent days as the rift reached its breaking point. the 5800 square kilometer one trillion ton iceberg is one of the largest ever recorded. >> is more than a quarter of the size of the country -- >> the rift could have been a natural occurrence. the iceberg will now likely break into fragments and stay in northern waters for decades yet scientists will continue to closely monitor the situation as parts drift south towards the american coast. >> time for the business update. brian quinn joins me. we start with a major legal victory for google. >> the tech giant will not reliable for over one billion euro's in back taxes being sought are the french government. can't tax googles ireland subsidiary. it had accused google of a legally abusing tax loopholes by routing taxes to its headquarters in

guinness book of world records. >> first wedding in antarctica.itely something blue there. >> they were warmed by love. >>> could you do this? i do not think i could do this just standing up, but they like to kiss. this couple of skydivers, allowing the lips to lock for over 32 minutes. while they were floating on that 70-mile-per-hour stream of air. >> so this is andy and katie. who did this in england. >> oh. >> one of those i-fly things. how do you -- >> are they really kissing? >> even if you weren't floating on air, how do you kiss for more than 30 minutes? >> is it just as long as their lips kind of touch and don't touch or is like mouth-to-mouth resuscitation? >> it has got to hurt a whole lot of things. for 32 minutes. >> i wouldn't want to do that standing up. >> i haven't kissed that much my entire life. >> use some lip balm or something. >> i will not make any comment about kendis's kissing skills or habits. >>> any ways, let's talk about romance. >> like that was romance? >> that wasn't romance, that was exercise. let's talk about the

not much separating the free ocean to the mainland of antarctica. the world. let's talk about exactly where this is, you zoom into the eastern coastline of antarctica. this is the larsen ice shelf that juts out. here's an example of the widening gap that continues to form. and to put this in perspective for you it is massive, the potential iceberg that will come in hours if not days to come. we're expecting this thing to be seven times the size of new york city. that's roughly 300 square miles. and 6,000 square kilometers this potential iceberg could be. if you were to break this down in terms of volume and size, you'd melt that iceberg, it would be roughly the same amount of water that fills lake michigan. this is an aerial graph of the rift continuing to form and continues to elongate at a rapid pace. especially in the past month or so, we have had this particular region extend by about five to ten kilometers in a short period of time. and it's clearly seen in this visible satellite image. you can actually see how it continues to widen. the issue

with antarctica losing ice at an historically unprecedented rate.t: earlier we spoke to professor alan? -- professor angelica, specializing in place you knowledge hin glacieology. >> ice shelves are always [indiscecernible] -- affected by climate. there is no clear temperature trend. there is too few data on ocean changes in temperature. there is noo c clear link that e can really have a causal link between globobal warming and the carving event of this ice shield. we havave a link between ice shields responding to global warming. host: that was professor angelica, speaking to us earlier. a warning shot to those wanting to snap of germany's most important companies. >> some think merkel is doing a trump. protectionist or smart policy? the worry is germany could be losing expertise to powers abroad. last year a record number of 873 firms fell into foreign ownership. top of the list, china. >> for some it is already too late. german robot maker coup go went to a chinese investor. the deal sparked debate about the government's power to the two acquisit

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it's broken free in antarctica and is as big as the state of delaware.sts are watching to see if it signals a future breakup of the floating ice shelf. some ice may stay nearby for decades and on the parts can drift into warmer waters. that's just a quick look at the show, news at 4:30 starts right now. >>> god thursday morning i'm larry miller and mike hydak has the day off. >> and i'm already sweating in the studio. it's warmer than usual. >>> one woman hopefully she'll get us through it all allyson rae. the best bet is to stay indoors today. >> that's the best especially 6:tween the hours of 12 and to 8:00 tonight for the metro spots. this is the day where it's going to be the hottest and most humid. yesterday if you thought it was uncomfortable today we are going to bump it up a notch and then relief into the weekend. so things to look out for if you are going to be outside just double up, triple up on some water intake. heavy sweating could be a sign of heat exhaustion. of course you are going to be sweating a lot but if you start to feel nauseous a

of waiting, a large iceberg has broken off of the largest ice shelf in antarctica.s is what the iceberg looked like and it broke off between monday and wednesday morning. new satellite images revealed it has finally broken off completely. so how big is this? new data suggests it is roughly the size of delaware two times the volume of the size of lake erie. that could fill up 463 million olympic sized swimming pools and the total weight is over 1.2 trillion tons. so for us because it is an ice shelf an iceberg was already floating it will not lead to a rising sea level but scientists are studying the price is -- process of icebergs breaking off to see if this could speed up with climate change. >> great explanation melissa. so tomorrow we have a yellow weather alert for heat and friday for big storms. >>> still ahead we are in the middle of summer but the back- to-school shopping has started. see how when you shop could influence how much money you spend. >>> concerns over a new app for teenagers. it looks like tinder. >>> a mental health post do people feel guilty w

>> a massive chunk of ice the size of delaware breaks off from antarctica. how could it impact shipping lanes >> and he hosts the f word and known for dropping f bombs. chef gordan ramcy joins us live to talk about his cooking show. the 10:30 starts right now. >> welcome back at 10:30 i'm jim lokay. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> updated a woman tells "fox5" about 15 kids attacking her as she was walking down the st street. "fox5" lindsey watts will have more on that from southeast coming up at 11. >> doctors say steve skal is out of the icu and still though in serious condition and is being treated for infection. scalis was shot during congressional baseball game practice nis virginia and face as i few more surgeries. >> off to fraps for a quick 28-hour visit. before leaving tried to minimize the growing controversy over son's meeting with russian lawyer. the president depend fended him on twitter calling trump jr. open, traps parent and innocent and referring to russian investigation as >> we've been taking attention to the forecast all day long. you get that lo

people talking about this iceberg broke off the coast of the debt -- antarctica yesterday.look at these images. 1 trillion -- tons, 1 trillion tons. it is incredible. it is the size of delaware, twice the volume of lake erie. scientists are going to monitor this. they don't we should sound alarm bells. this kind of thing happens off the coast of antarctica when it comes to icebergs but it is one of the biggest icebergs in history and they are going to monitor it whether it remains intact or breaks off, moved northward into warmer waters. we will follow that. rob: people -- >> i heard it wasn't climate change the customer to break off. >> part of the housekeeping of antarctica, mother nature. heather: big chunk of ice. rob: the parents of little charlie guard making their case on the world stage to prove their son deserves a chance to live. why our next guest says the game has changed as soon as donald trump stepped in. heather: a lawmaker has a plan to build donald trump's border wall, taking money from food stamps and planned parenthood. rob: the story behind this image th

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massive trillion ton iceberg the size of delaware is breaking off antarcti antarctica. it's a seismic shift for a planet but disagree on whether climate change caused it. coming up"nbc nightly news", scientists look at the evidence. lester holt joins us in about 15 minutes. >>> a high-profile battle against climate change. he and former new york city major michael bloomberg are launching america's pledge. the initiative will compile and track initiatives by states, cities, companies and universities and want to track the progress. president trump may not support the paris climate accord but brown and globloomberg say plen of states do. >>> after the flames and all the smoke that scrap metal yard has finally been cleared. this is part of breaking news last night. a fire near 880 smoke as you can see spreading across the east bay prompted a shelter in place in that immediate neighborhood. around noon today, fire crews finished at that site. ♪ ♪ >>> recognize him? one of the most pa moufamous ac but we're learning something new about charlie chaplin and this scene from one

an iceberg nearly the size of delaware has broken out from antarctica and is drifting freely in the oceant more than 2200 square miles and weighing more than a trillion metric tons it holds twice the volume of lake eerie. it is one of the biggest icebergs ever recorded, scientists have been expecting this for months and do not expect this to cause a global sea level rise but worry it may destabilize the ice shelf that it left behind and of course scientists will now try to prove a suspicion that this is the result of global warming. >> and we are going from global warming to local warming climate change to just a heat wave and tomorrow is going to be intense. you really want to take it easy. action cam tonight taking a look at the center city skyline no rain out there to cool us off tonight and the actual cold front that will bring an end to the heat wave storm tracker six live showing it's well up to the north and has been bringing some severe weather to new york state severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings that is the system that will be slipping in on friday and likely bring

a trillion-ton iceberg has broken free in antarctica... and what it could mean for our rising sea levels. kpix 5's john ramos spoke with some scientists.. who say we need to take action now... or some bay area communities could pay the price. in november, nasa scientists discovered antarctica's larsen c ice shelf was cracked and only hanging on by a thread. now that thread has broken m >> reporter: in november nasa researchers discovered antarctica's ice shelf was cracked and only hanging on by a thread. now that thread has broken. making it the largest iceburg ever recorded. ice shelves are already floating so they don't cause sea level rise. it is the sheets of land-based ice behind them that have scientists concerned. >> if the ice shelves crumble the ice theaters tumble in the oceans. that could begin the process of raising sea levels around the earth. >> reporter: sea level rise could spell trouble for low-lying coastal communities across the country. in the bay area alameda will be first to see changes. >> you can see water along roa

and one of the biggest icebergs on record has broken away from antarctica. indonesian island of bali, had been shearing away for several months. scientists say it's a natural phenomenon, and global warming is not to blame. it's now expected to start breaking up, though experts warn some of the ice could remain in the area for decades. and that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. and we start with the new york times, and the boom in north koreans working in russia, mainly as decorators. it says the number's now on a par with the amount employed in china, but carries claims their cheap labour is more like a slave trade. the china daily reports you'll soon be able to have fast food delivered to the seat of your train. yes, some bullet train passengers will be able to pre—order from certain restaurants depending on which stations they pass through. and we had to check it wasn't april fool's day reading one story on the front on the daily telegraph. dust can make you put on weight. yes, it reports a study whic

on one of the biggest icebergs on record has broken away from antarctica. a huge expanse of ice which is about a quarter of the size of wales had been sharing away for several months. scientists say it's a natural phenomenon on global warming is not to blame. it's not expected to stop breaking up though some of the ice cloud. some of the ice could remain in the area for decades. watching bbc world news america still to come on tonight's program. lighting and economic file across its border how china is reaching into central asia for growth and opportunity. that you hear in the u. s. get ready to take a deep breath when you go on line today because some of the most popular websites will be running slowly. companies like facebook netflix and amazon all taking part in a protest against changes being made to the u. s. in two u. s. rules. which govern net neutrality it's a principle which makes short all internet traffic is treated equally and it's something many countries have rules about. all technology correspondent david lee has this explanation. right now m

that broke off from part of antarctica. what scientists are now saying ... next.mining the causes and effects -- of an enormous iceberg breaking away from the antarctic peninsula. the 22-hundred square mile floating block of ice represents one of the biggest "calving" events ever recorded. (grant) it's getting global attention for its significance in climate change studies -- and its potential impact on sea levels -- since it holds átwiceá the water volume of lake erie. cnn's kyung lah has more. a crack more than a 120 miles long on the east side of the antarctic peninsula finally breaking off.creating a spectacular iceberg weighing more than a trillion metric tons.roughly the size of delaware triparti: "it's one of the largest icebergs in human history."u-c-l-a professor aradhna tripati has spent her career studying antarctic ice traveling to the very peninsula where the ice shelf, called larsen c broke off.professor tripati has seen two other big sections of the peninsula break off and dissolve the first in 1995 and then another in 2002.she watched as this crack

antarctica, the coldest place on earth, is a continent covered in ice, and icebergs have been breakingway from ice shelves for millions of years. but at the end of the 20th century the peninsula was one of the fastest warming places on the planet. that warming has slowed or reversed slightly in this century. you learn all of this just from samples of ice. >> you learn from samples of ice and samples of rock. >> reporter: this geochemist says the overall trends in the arctic point to global warming. >> the fact we've had 7 out of the 12 ice shelves on antarctica collapse in the last few decades and this one appears to be ready to go with the breaking off of this major iceberg, that it's hard to attribute to anything else. >> kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. >>> up for us, the president's team pulling out all the stops and props in their defense of collusion confusion. >> you didn't say collusion allusion? >> confusion. >> plus, trying to eat less, certain foods can curb your appetite naturally. nutritionist lisa draer has more in today's food as fuel. >> many of us eat too much, but it turn

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that is -- one of the biggest icebergs ever recorded broke away from the larsen c ice shelf in antarctica wednesday in the latest sign that climate change will drive sea levels to rise dramatically over the coming decades. the iceberg weighs an estimated 1 trillion tons and is roughly the size of delaware. geophysicist edward king of the british antarctic survey said the iceberg itself won't contribute to sea level rise, but that if the entire ice shelf breaks apart, antarctica's glaciers could soon begin spilling into the ocean. >> if you look at all of the ice in antarctica, you're talking about many meters of sea level rise, potential. but we're not talking tomorrow. we are not talking next year. it will be a process that will take time. but we think that in places, that process has started. amy: in yemen, the united nations is reversing plans to begin a cholera vaccination program because the u.s.-backed, saudi-led bombing campaign has devastated yemen's health system and made it too dangerous for medical workers to carry out their mission. the disclosure came as the number of cholera

glaciers could soon bebegin spilling into the ocean. >> if you l look at all o of the in antarctica, y you're t talkig about many meters of sea level rise, potential. but wewe're not talking tomorro. we are not talalking n next yea. it will l a processss that will tatake t time. but t we think that in places, that process has started. amy: in yemen, the united nations is reversing plans to begin a cholera vaccination program m because the u.s.-back, saudi-led bombing campaign has devastated yemen's health system and made it too dangerous for medical workers to carry out their mission. the disclosure came as the number of cholera cases in yemen topped 313,000, with more than 1700 deaths from the water-borne disease. at the u.n. seririty councncil wednesday, top u.n. officials blasted saudi i arabia and its allies foror yemen's humanitarin catastrophe. this is u.n. aid chief stephen o'brien. >> 7 million people, including 2.3 million malnourished children of whom 500,000 are severely malnourished under the age i, are on the cusp of famine. disease, at risk of a slow and painful death.

. >> but first, a massive chunk of ice the size of delaware breaks off of antarctica. we'll have more when we come back. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. visit your volvo dealer today and get up to $4,500 in allowances. >>> british scientist says one of the biggest icebergs in recorded history just broke loose from antarctica. the iceberg is about the size of the state of delaware and weighs nearly 1 trillion tons. it's so big that maps of the antarctic continent will have to be redrawn. but sign toystists don't think it will affect sea levels. they also point out this is a -- but scientists don't think it will affect sea level. they also point out this is a natural event and haven't linked it to man-made climate change. >>> study released by the union of concerned scientists is the first to bit a dint when areas of the bay could see chronic flooding. >> we're trying to make a decision about where to put new complexes, how to accommodate the growing population of the bay

best for the congressman and his family a chunk of ice the size of delaware has broken away from antarctica producing more of the largest icebergs ever recorded artie's very important i has the story. there is no scientific consensus that global warming caused an iceberg to break away from the antarctic peninsula but there's also no denying the landscape of the region has been fundamentally changed scientists say the one trillion ton iceberg calvert away from the larsen sea ice shelf sometime between july tenth and twelfth reducing the area by more than twelve percent a crack in larson sea stretching more than one hundred twenty miles had been developing over several years and researchers say the break has been expected for some time the reef cools the coolant has been. circulating but you don't see it was clearly will establish that it's been something has been sitting there waiting to happen that time project might s. one of the research groups monitoring the rift since twenty fourteen says the iceberg may remain in one piece but is more likely to break into fragments this is a very not j

>> because antarctica is all full of these iceberg factories.pens every once in a while is an iceberg factory kicks out an iceberg. what we worry is when the iceberg factories disappear. we've seen antarctica warming and we've seen the factories disappear. these great big ice shelves like the size of connecticut that just disappear in a matter of weeks. that's not what happened here. this is an iceberg. >> this is sort of pro forma. it happens. >> it happens. i wouldn't worry about there. i would worry if we start to see more melting on the top of antarctica and more of these iceberg factories disappear. my team's going down in november to study the biggest one on the planet to see whether it's going to disappear. >> pretty controversial pick. epa administrator scott pruitt. ep says that he wants to see the issue of climate change debated by scientists. maybe even on tv. what do you think about that? >> i think if it gets more people to accept the concept that climate change is happening, it's real, and that we all should be doing something abou

a chunk of ice the size of delaware has broken away from antarctica producing one of the largest icebergs ever recorded as artie's very important i reports scientists say this development puts the ice shelf in a very vulnerable position. there is no scientific consensus that global warming caused an iceberg to break away from the antarctic peninsula but there's also no denying the landscape of the region has been fundamentally changed scientists say the one trillion ton iceberg cow the way from the larsen sea ice shelf sometime between july tenth and twelfth reducing the area by more than twelve percent a crack in larson sea stretching more than one hundred twenty miles had been developing over several years and researchers say the break has been expected for some time the reef cools the cool thing has been. circulating that you are seeing it was created by the studies the legislature said something's been sitting there waiting to happen time project mightest one of the research groups monitoring the rift since twenty fourteen says the iceberg may remain in one piece but is more likely to

from the bottom of the earth, one of the largest icebergs ever recorded has broken away from the antarctica ice shelf. now they will see what they're looking for and to see what impact this giant change is going to make. here's abc news reporter lindsey davis. >> reporter: a massive iceberg is free floating after breaking away from the ice shelf in antarctica. more than a trillion tons and the size of delaware, it's one of the largest to ever snap off. the crack has been expanding for years. they're calling this an enormous geographical event. disappearing ice is an issue on both poles as we saw first hand during a visit just off the coast of greenland in 2012. there's so much water now compared to when i first came out here and now it's like little islands of ice. while breaks have happened before, whait's unusual about this latest one is the size. the concern is if enough large glacialers end up in the ocean, sea levels could rise. lindsey davis, abc news new york. >>> stay here. united airlines has a new policy to keep flights from getting over booked and a monkey's selfie makes it from

a a antarctica. this is the larsen ice shelf. is the aerial photograph of the widening ice rift taking place. to give you perspective of how large it is. 2300 square miles. seven times that of new york city. if you are international viewers, 6,000 square foot kilometers. that is how large the iceberg will be if it breaks off. if you were to melt that iceberg, it would rifval the volume of lake michigan in the united states. here is another aerial photograph of the 300-foot wide breaking apart as we speak. in fact we have satellite images to prove just that. this has been several years in the making. we saw in november of 2010:crack starting to elongate. in may of 2017, still several kilometers away from actually breaking off. now the latest satellite image shows we have about only three miles or five kilometers of separation of ice holding this together. here is a really interesting time lapse to show the widening gap of the ice shelf starting to break apart. it is only a matter of time. we are literally holding on by a thread as

. >>> the biggest icebergs on record has broken away from antarctica. >> experts says the iceberg measuresore than 2,000 scare miles and it broke away from the larson ice shelf. it broke between monday and early today. researchers have been expecting the break and monitoring the rift for the past several months using european space satellites and they say -- scientist aren't -- they add the antarctica peninsula has warmed. >>> there's a fiscal emergency. the sizeable emergency and how leader was blamed for their financial troubles. it's been awhile since you first knew. there's something very different about you. you have the power to make your marshmallow wishes...come true. you can make your marshmallow wishes come true by winning one of 10,000 boxes of only marshmallows. find your code in special boxes of lucky charms. they're magically delicious. text "blades" to gillette on demand noo text to reorder blades... ...and get $3 off your first order with gillette on demand. so find a venus smooth that contours to curves, the smoother the skin, the more comfortable you are in it. flexes for

shelf in antarctica.s twice the volume of lake erie. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. it is just after 5:30 p.m. wednesday here in washington, 7:30 thursday morning now in sydney. we are joined by bloomberg's paul allen with a look at the markets. we had a fresh record for the dow today in the states. paul: that's right. it looks like it will propel markets in the asia-pacific higher. nikkei futures looking positive as markets in japan weight on the results of -- wait on the results of fast retailing. asx futures are 0.4% higher. we saw some strength on the aussie dollar on the back of those comments from the fed chair, janet yellen. other banks around the region will hold rate decisions today as well. the bank of korea is expected to hold its seven-day repo rate at one point when he 5% -- at 1. 25%. the bank of malaysia is expected to hold its overnight policy rate at some 3%. we will begin in