He was a world-class endurance athlete, and then Pugh decided he could use attention-grabbing swims to persuade governments to think differently about marine ecosystems.

undergo seasonal cycles in glacier calving—when large chunks of ice break away due to higher ocean and air temperatures. Lead author Dr. Tian Li, Senior Research Associate at the University's ...

A similar thing can happen with real glaciers. When their edges break off and fall into the ocean, it’s known as calving. These pieces of glaciers are called icebergs.

The William Glacier typically has one or two large calving events per year, and the team estimated this one broke off around 78,000 square meters of ice – around the area of 10 football pitches ...

Assuming that ice–ocean interactions within Greenland fjords are a key element of ice-sheet activity, we propose that acoustic detection and monitoring of glacier calving in fjords is feasible ...