To: tired&retired
Calving is different from melting.
One most strongly suspects that calving can happen as a consequence of an ice shelf growing. (Perhaps an iceshelfologist can confirm this suspicion?
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16 posted on
01/06/2017 4:16:50 PM PST by
Seaplaner
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To: Seaplaner
Just finished watching Antarctica on NatGeo...
That shelf is almost three miles thick in some places.
Plus, it’s summer down there, stuff melts in the sun even down there.
21 posted on
01/06/2017 4:22:40 PM PST by
GRRRRR
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To: Seaplaner
Calving is different from melting? So icebergs are kind of like baby cows ... accept that its really cool. No, really cool!
22 posted on
01/06/2017 4:24:56 PM PST by
loucon
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