Lecture of the Month: 13 October, 7pm
Tags: CARR, Simon; GLACIERS; GLACIOLOGY; MELTWATER
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- gla·cier. // American Heritage Student Science Dictionary;2009, p151
The entry provides information on glacier, a large mass of ice flowing very slowly through a valley or spreading outward from a center. Glaciers form over many years from packed snow in areas where snow accumulates faster than it melts.
- GLACIAL MELTDOWN. // Current Events;3/31/2008, Vol. 107 Issue 22, p2
The article forecasts the accelerating melting rate of glaciers in Europe in 2008. Results of the geographical survey conducted by the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) revealed that huge masses found in high lands were melting three times faster than they were 20 years ago. WGMS director...
- Glacial retreat in Himalaya using Indian Remote Sensing satellite data. Kulkarni, Anil V.; Bahuguna, I. M.; Rathore, B. P.; Singh, S. K.; Randhawa, S. S.; Sood, R. K.; Dhar, Sunil // Current Science (00113891);1/10/2007, Vol. 92 Issue 1, p69
The Himalayas possess one of the largest resources of snow and ice, which act as a huge freshwater reservoir. Monitoring the glaciers is important to assess the overall reservoir health. In this investigation, glacial retreat was estimated for 466 glaciers in Chenab, Parbati and Baspa basins...
- Interhemispheric coupling, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and warm Antarctic interglacials. Holden, P. B.; Edwards, N. R.; Wolff, E. W.; Lang, N. J.; Singarayer, J. S.; Valdes, P. J.; Stocker, T. F. // Climate of the Past;2010, Vol. 6 Issue 3, p431
Ice core evidence indicates that even though atmospheric CO2 concentrations did not exceed ~300 ppm at any point during the last 800 000 years, East Antarctica was at least ~3-4 �C warmer than preindustrial (CO2 ~280 ppm) in each of the last four interglacials. During the previous three...
- Lakes of Meltwater Crack Greenland Ice. // GEOWorld;Jun2008, Vol. 21 Issue 6, p9
The article reports that researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Washington (UW) have documented the sudden and complete drainage of a lake of meltwater from the top of the Greenland ice sheet to its base. Researchers have discovered a "plumbing...
- Glaciology. // Science...Non-Fiction;2005, p90
The article discusses glaciology. Glaciers are large masses of ice and snow at least 164 feet thick that continually move on land. There is nearly five and a half million square miles of glacier ice covering the earth. They are formed in high altitude regions of the Andes, Rockies, Alps and...
- Orbital forcing of Arctic climate: mechanisms of climate response and implications for continental glaciation. Jackson, C. S.; Broccoli, A. J. // Climate Dynamics;Dec2003, Vol. 21 Issue 7/8, p539
Progress in understanding how terrestrial ice volume is linked to Earth�s orbital configuration has been impeded by the cost of simulating climate system processes relevant to glaciation over orbital time scales (103�105 years). A compromise is usually made to represent the climate system by...
- See a Glacier (Before It Melts). Markels, Alex // U.S. News & World Report;12/25/2006, Vol. 141 Issue 24, p88
The article asserts that one can improve their quality of life by seeing how beautiful a glacier can be. Research conducted by glaciologist Mark Meier has found that thousands of glaciers are destined to become extinct over the next 50 years. This information is why the article urges people to...
- The Karakoram Anomaly? Glacier Expansion and the 'Elevation Effect,' Karakoram Himalaya. Hewitt, Kenneth // Mountain Research & Development;Nov2005, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p332
In the late 1990s widespread evidence of glacier expansion was found in the central Karakoram, in contrast to a worldwide decline of mountain glaciers. The expansions were almost exclusively in glacier basins from the highest parts of the range and developed quickly after decades of decline....
