Sentences with phrase «see icebergs calving»
There is a lot of evidence that ice - ocean interaction is causing fractures where you see icebergs calving.
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Pine Island Glacier, the longest and fastest flowing glacier in Antarctica, has calved multiple icebergs, as can be seen in a series of photos.
From your link: «In some instances, bright red spots or streaks along the edge of the continent show where icebergs calved or ice shelves disintegrated, meaning the satellite began seeing warmer ocean water where there had previously been ice.»
It is conjectured that this strong AABW freshening seen in 2016 may have been due to changes associated with the 2010 calving of the Mertz Glacier Tongue along the George V / Adélie Land Coast that resulted in the ungrounding of a large iceberg.
«Each of the last three years has seen a giant iceberg calve, from either Greenland or Antarctica,» he added.
Pine Island Glacier, the longest and fastest flowing glacier in Antarctica, has calved multiple icebergs, as can be seen in a series of photos.