I think you came up with a great activity to teach the kids
about glaciers.
The answers could turn the conventional wisdom
about glacier melt on its head.
A number of facts have been scientifically proven
about the glacier mummy, known as «the Iceman» or «Ötzi,» found in the Ötztal Alps (South Tyrol) in 1991.
[Response: You'll find pointless quibbling
about the glacier stuff from skeptics, including plenty who question the reality of the warming, not just its cause.
Eight page booklet: define glacier keywords; map skills page to locate and name glacial areas around the World; SPAG exercise
about the glaciers on Mars; page to compare advantages and disadvantages of tourism in the glacial landscape of the Lake District; moral dilemma about whether people in the UK should be concerned with the melting of Himalayan glaciers; research page about glaciers in World cultures; and finally a page about Ötzi the Iceman and how his body was analysed by archaeologists
Last week, Franz's students were learning
about glaciers.
You hear things all of the time about how the glaciers are melting, global warming, polar bears floating away on icebergs — and all the other buzzwords
about glaciers — but I never really took the time to look up the definition of a glacier.
All my preconceptions were shattered once I recognized that I knew absolutely nothing
about glaciers.
Instead of a teacher in front of a classroom we had a guide giving us a lecture
about glaciers,» Theresa Stevens said.
CURWOOD: Now, what was John Muir finding to be so capitivating
about these glaciers in Alaska do you think?
On the walk your guide will talk
about glaciers, mountain building and the New Zealand climate.
Contact: Michele Citterio (GEUS) for questions
about the glacier outlines or Paul Morin (UMinn.)
Chris Dudley (21, 40)-- Based on some limited knowledge
about glaciers and ice sheets, I am of the fairly firm opinion that nothing above 300 ppm CO2e preserves a «safe» climate, in the long run.
I think Crichton mentions in his book
about some glaciers (I think in Greenland) that are increasing.
[Response: You'll find pointless quibbling
about the glacier stuff from skeptics, including plenty who question the reality of the warming, not just its cause.
«He knew he was dying, so he taught me and my brothers all that he knew about nature,
about the glacier, how it lives, how it was shrinking through his whole lifetime.
So don't worry too much
about the glaciers, they'll be back someday.
I don't personally care much
about the glaciers but I want fuel for my car and electricity to come out of the wall socket.
Dr. Dambaru Ballab Kattel was interviewed by representative from Telegraph Nepal
about the Glaciers in this mountain countries and what is his reading about glacial related phenomena.
Professor Murari Lal, who oversaw the chapter on glaciers in the IPCC report, said he would recommend that the claim
about glaciers be dropped: «If Hasnain says officially that he never asserted this, or that it is a wrong presumption, than I will recommend that the assertion about Himalayan glaciers be removed from future IPCC assessments.»
Usually there's nothing extraordinary
about a glacier calving, said glaciologist Ted Scambos of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado.
Even if you claim that is a result rather a cause of falling temperatures, the fact that it is rising quickly means you don't have to worry
about glaciers in London or New York quite just yet.
There is nothing in the Working Group I report that supports the Working Group II claims about the disappearance of Himalayan glaciers by 2035; or to support the other assertion
about the glaciers declining from 500,000 to 100,000 km2 by the year 2035.
™ to clear up the misunderstandings
about glaciers.
Lal himself admits he knows little
about glaciers.
Both Polyakov and Vinje help confirm findings
about glaciers, which tell us that Earth's melting ice trend operates on a millennium scale, driven by millennium - scale forces other than carbon dioxide (CO2), and driven concurrently by natural climate cycles that dominate carbon - dioxide forcing of temperature.
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr. Georg Kaser — Mountain Glaciers This video sees Pam Pearson and Dr. Georg Kaser
about glaciers and their slow decline over many years.
Endless stories
about glaciers melting, polar bears, ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica and sea ice form the view that there is virtually no ice left on the surface of the planet.
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said it best: «This isn't just
about glaciers and polar bears.
The report is − at least, in theory − more hopeful
about glaciers.
Richard Alley knows more
about glaciers than most 7 year olds, but that does not mean their opinions are not valid, simply not as informed.
I write quite a bit
about glaciers as you must know.i think the item you have highlighted would be better with a graphical interface.
The measurements are sparse, and we have to interpolate, that is, make plausible guesses
about the glaciers we can't measure.
Like its claims
about the glaciers, this was also based on an unpublished report which had not been subject to scientific scrutiny — indeed several experts warned the IPCC not to rely on it.
That's a lot faster than anything occurring now so I don't understand the argument
about glaciers.
I don't see such a statement in AR4
about glaciers.
IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri even reportedly referred to a November Indian government report that questioned the IPCC's findings
about the glaciers» vulnerability as «voodoo science.»
Q: There is a view which feels that you knew
about the glacier melting and of your claims at IPCC melting away before Copenhagen.
«Lost amid the news coverage of Copenhagen and Climategate was the assertion that one of the more attention - grabbing statements [
about glaciers in the Himalayas] of the IPCC AR4 was flat - out wrong» - Houston Chronicle containing other links:
These days, there is a lot of talk
about the glaciers melting due to global warming.
If a climate scientist make one mistake, or a date gets screwed up in the middle of a 1000 page document
about glaciers, it will receive international attention.
«There is a pattern» of stuff that is at least irksome to Joe Sixpack even though he doesn't care
about glaciers, the Arctic ocean, etc..
One was talking
about glaciers melting, another about tropical forests in trouble.
How dare they talk
about glaciers in the 1850's (um, see Skeptical Science), or that «impacts claimed by the IPCC to be likely in the distant future are claimed to be already evident.»
Not exact matches
In The Christian Century for October 6, 1971, I hazarded some guesses
about «The Shape of the Coming Renewal,» suggesting that the growing awakening among young people was only the leading edge of a
glacier that would continue to move in steadily until it dominated the American ecclesiastical landscape.
Bass notes that one theory
about the origin of
glaciers is that they are «the result of a wobble, a hitch, in the earth's rotation....
I had forgotten all
about dinosaurs, the Ice Age, Adam and Eve and
glaciers until I went to visit my old summer camp, the International Teen Camp at the Ecole Nouvelle in Chailly, Lausanne.
I just ordered the
glacier bundle
about a week ago so that's my favorite one, but I also love Night Sky
While hooked onto zipping cable for guiding purposes, trekkers can stay safe while learning
about First Nation tribes that originally inhabited the area, as well as caves that were created millions of years ago as a result of
glacier ice.
That was what «a senior member of Mr Cameron's shadow cabinet» told last Monday's Daily Telegraph
about the Tory leader's visit to a Norwegian
glacier (for which Mr Cameron left London this afternoon).