Monday, 27 May 2013
An iceberg is a
large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off from a glacier or ice shelf
and is floating in open water. The word iceberg comes from the Dutch term
ijsberg which means “ice mountain”. Near about 90 percent of the total iceberg
is inside the water and only the top of the ice mountain is visible. Glaciers
form on land as the result of snow accumulation over thousands of years.
Icebergs are created when the edge of a glacier advances into the ocean and
breaks off in pieces. Icebergs are really white. This color is created by white
light reflecting off tiny air bubbles trapped in the ice. There are also some
antiseptic-blue overtones to it and a whole spectrum of green where the iceberg
descends into the ocean. When iceberg ice melts
quickly, the bubbles released from it make a sound like soda water fizzing. The
melting rate of the iceberg is increasing due to global warming. If the entire
ice melt in the polar regions the sea level will increase upto 7 meters.
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