Icebergs
An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open (salt) water. Small bits of disintegrating icebergs are called "growlers" or "bergy bits".Much of an iceberg is below the surface which led to the expression "tip of the iceberg" to illustrate a small part of a larger unseen issue. Icebergs are considered a serious maritime hazard. The 1912 loss of the RMS Titanic led to the formation of the International Ice Patrol in 1914. Icebergs calved by glaciers that face the open sea, such as …
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RSA: The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce · 5 September 2024 English
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UN: The United Nations · 30 August 2024 English
315 p. : ill., graphs, maps, tablesThe World Social Protection Report 2024-26 focuses intensely on the climate crisis and the need to transition to a more sustainable world, as well …
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EU: European Union · 29 August 2024 English
The EU’s increasing interest in monitoring the polar regions, as highlighted in the 2021 updated EU Arctic policy, led the European Commission to set up a Polar Task Force composed …
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ADB: Asian Development Bank · 16 August 2024 English
Analyzing the debt crisis facing developing and emerging countries, this brief sets out 10 questions that can offer a snapshot of how governments are managing their public debt and guide …
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UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 7 August 2024 English
snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets, ice shelves, icebergs, sea ice, lake ice, river ice, permafrost and … to Antarctica, spanning glaciers, ice sheets, icebergs, snow cover, sea, river and lake ice, permafrost …
Clean Arctic Alliance · 26 June 2024 English
PowerPoint Presentation Overview of Regulation 43A of MARPOL Annex I Liana Larremore Lawyer, and Policy Advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance Email: liana.larremore.consulting@gmail.com THE CLEAN ARCTIC ALLIANCE IS WORKING TO …
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World Bank Group · 25 June 2024 English
This study explores the intersection between climate governance and gender diversity and inclusion (gender D&I) in companies based in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). It expands the emerging research …
lakes—which is linked to changing temperatures, with icebergs melting…there are a lot of really interesting …
World Bank Group · 4 June 2024 English
This study explores the intersection between climate governance and gender diversity and inclusion (gender D&I) in companies based in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). It expands the emerging research …
lakes—which is linked to changing temperatures, with icebergs melting…there are a lot of really interesting …
Clean Arctic Alliance · 30 May 2024 English
Clean Arctic Alliance Recommendations: In submissions to the IMO during the finalisation of the regulation, the Clean Arctic Alliance (CAA) has previously proposed that the need for exemptions to the …
rocks, or collisions with sharp objects (e.g. icebergs, and chunks of ice in the water). There are a …
Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society · 29 May 2024 English
My proposal is that the religious education curriculum should consider and discuss the play Nathan the Wise, written by the eighteenth century German playwright and man of letters, Gotthold Ephraim …
morning, saw the dawn streaming forth between icebergs and said to the Moravian: “Behold, brother, the …