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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have identified a new method of ice calving called slumping, and it definitely is cause for alarm. This research, published in Geology and supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation ...

Parturition, or the birthing process, has three stages. Understanding the stages is critical in order to know when/if we need to provide assistance during calving season to increase the likelihood a ...

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 ...

Snow, ice, winter wind and bitter cold are often what awaits ranchers in the Northen Plains during calving season. Others ...

Iceberg calving is the process when huge chunks of ice break off from glaciers and crash into the sea. This process is a key factor in the current rapid mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet. Using ...