Researchers have been worried for years about rates of melting in Greenland, which is why scientific attention to the vast,
ancient ice cap has been stepped up.
Not exact matches
Telescopes spied water in
ice caps at the Red Planet's poles, as well as signs of an
ancient ocean covering the northern hemisphere.
A series of robotic missions, from Viking in the 1970s to the Spirit rover still roaming Mars today, have observed
ancient riverbeds and polar
ice caps storing enough water to submerge the entire planet in an ocean 40 feet deep.
The latter events left behind distinctive rock - sequences typically consisting of tillites (
ancient boulder - clay, now solid rock) representing
ice - deposited debris, overlain with a depositional break by
cap - carbonates (chemical sediments of marine origin deposited during interglacials following global sea - level rises).
Uncover the mysteries of the
ancient past, find the connection between a prehistoric virus, the melting
ice caps, and a present - day epidemic that is exterminating humankind.
Oil — > Transport, Electricity — > 1) C02 and 10x stronger or so CH4 in air — > Global Warming — > Draughts, Hurricanes, Floods — > Lost crops, forests, homes — > CO2 fixing potential lost, Starvation, Diseases, More ressources / energy needed 2) C02 and 10x stronger or so CH4 in air — > Global Warming — >
Ice caps and glaciers metling — > Earth natural climate stabilizers lost + massive CH4 release from pergelisoils & ancient ice melt 3) CO2 in water — > Oceans acidification — > Destruction of centennial / millenial coral reefs — > Loss of oceans» filters / pulmons / incubators / biodiversity reservoir — > Food short
Ice caps and glaciers metling — > Earth natural climate stabilizers lost + massive CH4 release from pergelisoils &
ancient ice melt 3) CO2 in water — > Oceans acidification — > Destruction of centennial / millenial coral reefs — > Loss of oceans» filters / pulmons / incubators / biodiversity reservoir — > Food short
ice melt 3) CO2 in water — > Oceans acidification — > Destruction of centennial / millenial coral reefs — > Loss of oceans» filters / pulmons / incubators / biodiversity reservoir — > Food shortage
Geologists refer to
ancient ice -
cap formations and
ice - ages as «glaciations.»
the calling - card of an
ancient ice - age - an outcrop in Namibia of
ancient (Proterozoic) glaciogenic sediments, overlain by a dolomitic «
cap - carbonate» sequence of marine origin, deposited in warmer post-glacial conditions.
above: the calling - card of an
ancient ice - age - an outcrop in Namibia of an
ancient (Proterozoic) tillite of glacial origin, overlain by a dolomitic «
cap - carbonate» sequence of marine origin, deposited in warmer post-glacial conditions.
The latter events left behind distinctive rock - sequences typically consisting of tillites (
ancient boulder - clay, now solid rock) representing
ice - deposited debris, overlain with a depositional break by
cap - carbonates, chemical sediments of marine origin deposited during interglacials following global sea - level rises.