Sentences with phrase «slow its retreat once»

The glacier is still quite thick and should slow its retreat once the bedrock slope begins to increase, and the minor lake calving ceases.

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I wonder once the front has retreated from salt water and sea mist that ultracold deep ice could refreeze fresh water and slow the breakup.

This makes it tough to slow grounding line retreat once it begins in a deepening basin.

However, researchers believe that the Columbia Glacier will stabilise again - probably in a few years - once its terminus retreats into shallower water and it regains traction, which should slow the rate of iceberg calving.