Arkiv for kategorien ‘Ice and Glaciers’


NASA: Thickest Parts of Arctic Ice Cap Melting Faster

søndag, 4. marts 2012

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This interactive illustrates how perennial sea ice has declined from 1980 to 2012. The bright white central mass shows the perennial sea…

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Global glaciers, ice caps shedding billions of tons of mass annually

torsdag, 9. februar 2012

Earth’s glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of…

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Peru’s Glaciers Melting, Decreasing Water Supply 20 Years Earlier Than Expected

onsdag, 28. december 2011

Treehugger: A new study in the Journal of Glaciology shows that the glaciers in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca mountain range are melting…

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New Reports Identify Impacts of Climate Change in Himalayas

søndag, 4. december 2011

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ICIMOD:  Findings from the most comprehensive assessment to date on climate change, snow and glacier melt in Asia’s mountainous Hindu…

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Glaciers Melting Across Southwest China

torsdag, 27. oktober 2011

International Business Times: The southwestern region of China has 23,488 glaciers that cover an area of just slightly smaller than…

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Total volume of Arctic ice shrank to record low in 2010

torsdag, 8. september 2011

Alaska Dispatch: The total volume of Arctic sea ice shrank last fall to the smallest amount ever observed during the…

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Himalaya glaciers shrinking on global warming

tirsdag, 2. august 2011

(Reuters) – Three Himalaya glaciers have been shrinking over the last 40 years due to global warming and two of…

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Glacial Balance in the Andes

onsdag, 27. juli 2011

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“Glacial Balance” will take us on a journey along the Andes – from Argentina to Colombia, dropping in on the…

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Acceleration of outlet glaciers and ice flows in Greenland and Antarctica is closely linked to ocean warming

lørdag, 9. juli 2011

“Water has a much larger heat capacity than air. If you put an ice cube in a warm room, it…

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“Revealed: The Himalayan Meltdown”

mandag, 4. juli 2011

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UNDP: Himalayan Meltdown, now airing on Discovery Channel Asia, examines how communities in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India and Nepal seek…

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Causes of Melting Tropical Glaciers Over Past 10,000 Years Identified

fredag, 24. juni 2011

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The causes of melting of tropical glaciers over the past 10,000 years have at last been unveiled by a team…

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Glaciers and Climate Change

fredag, 6. maj 2011

AQVIVA Tag Archive Glaciers and Climate Change

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Vatican Science Panel Calls Attention to the Threat of Glacial Melt

fredag, 6. maj 2011

A panel of some of the world’s leading climate and glacier scientists co-chaired by a Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC…

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