Iceberg A23a Approaching South Georgia Island, Feb. 20, 2025.

Now, scientists are grappling with a new development.

Researchers have since determined that the iceberg may, in fact, have critical benefits to the islands ecosystem.

A23a, the largest iceberg in the world, has run aground South Georgia island.

Iceberg A23a Approaching South Georgia Island, Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, viaWikimedia Commons, Public domain)

Without ice, we wouldn’t have these ecosystems.

Where it is destroying something in one place, its providing nutrients and food in other places.

The island of South Georgia as seen from The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, 2018.

A23a, the largest iceberg in the world, has run aground South Georgia island.

The island of South Georgia as seen from The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, 2018. (Photo: European Space Agency, viaWikimedia Commons,CC 3.0)

Macaroni penguin on Livingston Island.

RRS Sir David Attenborough berthed at Liverpool Cruise Terminal.

A23a, the largest iceberg in the world, has run aground South Georgia island.

Macaroni penguin on Livingston Island. (Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki, viaWikimedia Commons,CC 3.0)

A23a, the largest iceberg in the world, has run aground South Georgia island.

RRS Sir David Attenborough berthed at Liverpool Cruise Terminal. (Photo: Rodhullandemu, viaWikimedia Commons,CC 4.0)