BBC Focus Magazine

[Jamie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15580679

[KingPhillip]

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But the team working on Nasa's IceBridge project say this latest birthing of a giant berg is part of a natural cycle seen every 10 years or so on the glacier.

"The last big calving event occurred in 2001 so in general people have been expecting something like this to happen fairly soon, and for us it is very exciting to see this while it is happening," said IceBridge project scientist Dr Michael Studinger.
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Two thoughts:

Punctuated equilibrium may get a boost, if this natural cycle is unadulterated by man-made global warming;

If we could get close to the same kind of observations and predictions of objects outside our solar system, Studinger's excitement will be miniscule in comparison.