Research shows that it has antimicrobial â as well as antiparasitic â effects. It also contains antioxidants, can aid wound healing, and may even lower blood pressure and cholesterol. Also like honey, thereâs little research to support taking it for weight loss.
The largest icebergs recorded have been calved, or broken off, from the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica. Iceberg B-15, photographed by satellite in 2000, measured 295 by 37 kilometres (183 by 23 mi), with a surface area of 11,000 square kilometres (4,200 sq mi).
Conical Volcan Arenal is the youngest stratovolcano in Costa Rica and one of its most active. The 1657-m-high andesitic volcano towers above the eastern shores of Lake Arenal, which has been enlarged by a hydroelectric project.