Sentences with phrase «via iceberg calving»

A question we'd like to be able to answer well is whether the balance between accumulation of snow and ice and ablation (melting, sublimation, and loss of ice to the ocean via iceberg calving) is positive or negative.

Retreating tidewater glaciers dominate the Alaskan sea level contribution due to their ability to efficiently transfer mass via iceberg calving [Arendt et al., 2002].