Sentences with phrase «further calving»

While this event was natural and expected, scientists predict further calving events as temperatures rise, potentially unleashing several feet of sea level rise.

«In the ensuing months and years, the ice shelf could either gradually regrow, or may suffer further calving events which may eventually lead to collapse — opinions in the scientific community are divided,» Luckman said.

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6) It has so far been difficult to keep Harry Kane and Romelu Lukaku quiet as Kane has been able to calve out 26 opportunities and Lukaku has been able to calve out 23 opportunities on goal (with Lukaku having 14 of them on target).

Some of Alaska's glaciers, in fact, have retreated so far from the sea that they no longer calve.

How far the future Larsen C iceberg will drift depends on whether it remains intact after calving, or quickly breaks up into smaller pieces.

Thicker ice in deeper water drives increased calving, increased ice discharge, and further grounding - line recession in a positive feedback loop2, 3.

Further south, Albany's rugged coastline makes another scenic grandstand as the southern right whales take shelter in Albany's bays to mate and calve before returning south.

On our active adventures, you'll trek through some of the world's most legendary mountain ranges; go kayaking amid icebergs and calving glaciers; and veer far off the beaten path, discovering wild and stunning landscapes by foot, horseback, and even dogsled.

Part of the Saiga population did actually calve further south in the semi-desert area 2011 and no deaths were reported here.

In contrast, we report on the recent development of multiple rifts initiating from basal crevasses in the center of the ice shelf, resulted in calving further upglacier than previously observed.

Given that calving Patagonia glaciers were far more sensitive to climate fluctuations than western Antarctica, and given the likelihood that paleo sea - ice extent around Antarctica deflected iceberg drift from present pathways, it would be helpful to know how they confirmed the respective continental sources of any dated sediments.

Acceleration and calving of the Columbia Glacier and other tidewater glaciers in the far north are a large reason glaciers and ice caps are contributing more to sea level rise this century than Greenland and Antarctica, says a new CU - Boulder study.

Acceleration at the calving front will then effectively pull on the ice upstream, stretching it causing further thinning and acceleration.

Glaciation left an extensive geologic record on the continents in the form of predominantly unconsolidated tills and glacial moraines, which in North America extend in a line as far south as Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, and Long Island, New York, and on the ocean floor in the form of ice - rafted detritus dropped from calving icebergs.

«As ice shelves continuously lose ice by calving, it is essential to know how far the recession of ice shelves may progress before buttressing potential is reduced.»

As the Arctic region warms, Greenland glaciers such as Jakobshavn have been thinning and «calving» — or breaking off — icebergs further and further inland.

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.