Massive underwater waves triggered by falling icebergs are playing a bigger role in Greenland’s ice loss than scientists once ...

Erin Pettit and researchers at Oregon State University were set to find out. They’ve been studying melting glaciers by dropping hydrophones — specialized underwater microphones — into the water near ...

Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. It is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption. It is the sudden release and ...

When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaciers lose mass, and has long been a dramatic visualization of changes in ice ...

The U.S. Forest Service warned residents on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 of a large crack in the Mendenhall Glacier that may cause significant calving. The U.S. Forest Service is warning Juneau residents to ...