Sentences with phrase «berg calved»

However, note that the last time, the berg calved later in the summer (August), and this crack is much farther up the glacier than usually seen.

The estimates are quite variable because of the difficulty in measuring these things in a difficult part of the world and the complexity of the processes (ice berg calving; under ice shelve melting, snow blowing, under glacier melt etc.).

Not exact matches

Their observations show that since the calving event, the berg has started to drift away from the Larsen - C, with open ocean clearly visible in the ~ 5 kilometre gap between the berg and the ice - shelf.

The calving is not directly linked to climate change, experts say; bergs break away naturally.

A large contribution from the Greenland Ice Sheet is unlikely, as it is mostly grounded above sea level and so mass loss from calving ice bergs is limited.

Very soon after calving, the «berg began shattering into lots of smaller pieces.

Even in Greenland, marine - terminating glaciers — which flow to the sea, calving bergs — are unlikely to disappear within several human lifetimes.

In Stibbon's words; «Watching the full cycle of ice moving and calving into bergs from the ship was impressive.

We've seen this in glaciers after the loss of the Larsen A and B ice shelves (relatively small shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula), and we've seen a similar effect in Greenland, where the floating end of the glacier, and the fjord choked with calved bergs, could apparently perform a similar braking function, now lost for several rapidly - retreating glaciers.