It is dangerous to walk on a calving glacier.
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Calving
//ˈkævɪŋ//
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In Greenland, most of the ice loss stems from warming air temperatures that melt the surface of the ice sheet, as well as calving from the glaciers that empty into the sea.
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It may also have the opposite effect, providing lubrication to moving glaciers and exacerbating ice velocity and calving, increasing the mass of ice loss to the global ocean.
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