Sentences with phrase «large calving event»

This was the second large calving event off this glacier in just two years: the iceberg that broke away in August 2010 was twice as large.

That earlier warming was associated with a large calving event of the Pine Island Glacier that likely occurred in association with an EL Nino event.

A large calving event at the Zachariae glacier made the news in May 2013, and Khan and his team witnessed and filmed a similar event in July.

«With this large calving event, and the availability of satellite technology, we have a fantastic opportunity to watch this natural experiment unfolding before our eyes.

When the shelf broke, she and colleagues predicted, it would be the largest calving event in decades.

Even relatively large calving events, where tabular ice chunks the size of Manhattan or bigger calve from the seaward front of the shelf, can be considered normal if the ice sheet is in overall balance.

(Jakobshavn experiences what is likely it's largest calving event yet on Sunday, August 16, 2015.

Detecting glacialquakes is important because glaciers appear to accelerate after large calving events.2 The frequency of glacialquakes — which has been rising since the late 1990s — has increased particularly since 2002.3 In fact, the number of quakes in 2005 was twice that of 2001.1 In late summer of 2005, glacial seismic activity was almost five times greater than in the winter months — most likely owing to seasonal changes in temperature.1, 3

Icebergs rarely form in this manner; in fact, large calving events happen just once every 40 — 50 years.

Not exact matches

It's vital we achieve this or we are likely to see more calving of large ice shelves, similar to the recent Larsen C event.»

The team's next steps include looking more closely at specific ocean swell events and sea ice conditions during known ice shelf collapses and large iceberg calving events.

Larsen B collapsed shortly after its major calving event while the Wilkins ice shelf has continued to shed large chunks of ice since 2008.

This is a 2001 image and the large rift beyond this that spread across the glacier in 35 days or so, led to an iceberg calving event.

For example a large 1987 calving event removed 100 years of ice accumulation from the Ross Ice Shelf in just one day, an amount second only to the loss of the Larsen Ice Shelf.