Sentence examples for calving event from inspiring English sources

The expected calving event — on its own — will not affect global sea level, because the ice that has detached was already afloat in the ocean.

An enormous, four-mile-long iceberg break, or "calving" event, swept across Greenland's massive Helheim Glacier last month, a new video has revealed.

Thus, crack nucleation and expansion appear to progressively weaken icebergs in transit through the Vaigat Strait until mechanical stresses exceed the strength of the ice, culminating in a calving event.

A study earlier this year had already found a growing rift in the ice shelf that is "likely in the near future to generate the largest calving event since the 1980s," as the paper put it.

In the 1980s, said Jansen, the Larsen B ice shelf underwent a large iceberg calving event much like what's expected in the coming years at Larsen C, setting off continuing losses until eventually the whole shelf disappeared.

— Here's what 10 billion tons of ice falling into the ocean looks like: A newly posted video from New York University researchers captured the massive calving event last month in which a four-mile-long iceberg snapped off the Helheim Glacier in Greenland.

In addition, the calving process was recorded by a video-recording system, and thereafter details of the calving events were evaluated retrospectively.

Amundsen, J. M. et al. Glacier, fjord, and seismic response to recent large calving events, Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland.

Whilst calving events are a natural phenomenon and thus not necessarily indicative of changing environmental conditions, such events can impact ice-shelf stability.

Laboratory tests showed GPS adopted receiver accuracy (1.2 m) and an adequate battery life (over 1 month) for monitoring calving events in grazing areas.

The data analyzed were taken from complete reproductive records for 4861 Holstein Friesian cows comprising a commercial herd, including data for 12 587 calving events from April 1 , 2001 to March 31 , 2012