For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland's Helheim Glacier. Their long-running survey reveals that Helheim's massive calving events don't behave ...
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 ...
Petermann Glacier is one of Greenland’s largest glaciers. In 2012, a “tongue” of ice broke off – releasing an iceberg about the size of Manhattan. Dubbed PII-2012, the giant iceberg measured ...