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Scientists dropped a 10-kilometer underwater cable and it detected 56,000 hidden events beneath glaciers

A fiber-optic cable lying quietly on the seafloor has captured 56,000 iceberg break-offs in just three weeks. This experiment ...
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Massive iceberg breaks off Antarctic Brunt Ice Shelf - view from space

A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving ...
The Journal

Calving season—knowing when to assist

The calving process is natural and a majority of time it happens without much fanfare—which is by design. However, there are situations where cows or heifers need help and intervention is necessary to ...
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Larsen C ice shelf develops new rift, speeding up calving process

It’s winter in Antarctica and direct observation of the ever-widening crack in the Larsen C ice shelf has been difficult. However, geologists with Project MIDAS, a UK-based research project, have been ...
Labroots

Assessing the Pace of Huge Glacier Calving Events

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 ...
KWCH

Ranchers in middle of calving season prepare for record low temperatures

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It’s another year, and another round of cold weather during calving season. “I enjoy the calving process and I don’t mind a little trouble here and there,” Sumner County farmer ...
The Journal

K-State plans calving schools in 4 Kansas locations

In anticipation of calving season, the Kansas State University Department of Animal Sciences and Industry and K-State Research and Extension are planning a series of calving schools in January. The ...