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Weighing nearly a trillion metric tonnes (1.1 trillion tons), A23a has come to a stop off the island of South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean, according to a statement from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) published Tuesday.
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Jack Guy, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
That mine holds about 13.8 million tonnes of nickel and one million tonnes of cobalt.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Over the past 20 years, glaciers worldwide have lost 273 billion tonnes of ice to a warming world, and this ice loss has driven sea levels to rise at an accelerated pace, according to a decades-long comprehensive analysis based on satellite data.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 22 Feb. 2025
With a single gram of hydrogen isotopes yielding the energy equivalent of 11 tonnes of coal, a practical fusion reactor would hold the promise of unlimited, clean energy for humanity until the end of time.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 18 Feb. 2025
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Jack Guy, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
That mine holds about 13.8 million tonnes of nickel and one million tonnes of cobalt.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Over the past 20 years, glaciers worldwide have lost 273 billion tonnes of ice to a warming world, and this ice loss has driven sea levels to rise at an accelerated pace, according to a decades-long comprehensive analysis based on satellite data.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 22 Feb. 2025
With a single gram of hydrogen isotopes yielding the energy equivalent of 11 tonnes of coal, a practical fusion reactor would hold the promise of unlimited, clean energy for humanity until the end of time.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Tonne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tonne. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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