A crack in Antarctica might break apart and make an iceberg the size of Brazil

The 18 mile (30 kilometer) long and 165 feet (50 meter) crack in western Antarctica is getting bigger every day by 6.5 feet (2 meters)! If the ice breaks off from the rest of the continent, the iceberg produced will be sized at 340 square miles (880 square kilometers)

This is part of a natural cycle, not a result of global warming. Large icebergs form every few years, the last one was formed in 2001. Scientists…