Sentences with phrase «as glaciers melted»

As glaciers melted and retreated since the peak of the last glacial period about 18,000 years ago (Figure 4 - 6, p. 89), the earth's average sea level has risen about 125 meters (410 feet).

As the glaciers melted and the water level rose, the roof of the cave collapsed, in a process known as karst erosion.

Over the many thousands of years, as glaciers melted, the girl's bones along with those of prehistoric mega fauna were sealed off in a watery grave.

And, worryingly, the research suggests that as these glaciers melt and retreat backward, the shape of the seabed will continue to expose many of them to warm ocean water for hundreds of miles as the ice moves inland.

Evans said they expect to see seasonal changes in carbon dioxide, related to temperature; changes related to freshwater sources, such as glacier melt and stream outfalls; and changes connected to areas of large development.

Dan Kellog, an engineer (not climate scientist) on another blog, has raised the issue of once a glacier has melted away, the local temps could rise dramatically (and perhaps, averaged altogether around the world as glaciers melt away, increase the rate of global warming).

Ice - Capped Roof of World Turns to Desert Scientists warn of ecological catastrophe across Asia as glaciers melt and continent's great rivers dry up by Geoffrey Lean May 7, 2006 The Independent / UK

Dan Kellog, an engineer (not climate scientist) on another blog, has raised the issue of once a glacier has melted away, the local temps could rise dramatically (and perhaps, averaged altogether around the world as glaciers melt away, increase the rate of global warming).

What he's complaining about is a headline that took the study results and implied something greater (such as glaciers melting across the entire continent).

Second, as the glaciers melt their height reduces bringing a greater proportion of the glacier below the snow line.

First, as glaciers melt sea level rises and grounding lines retreat speeding the remaining glaciers» advance into the sea.

As the glaciers melt and the rivers dry, this issue will only become more critical.

Beginning, excerpted:» Ice - capped roof of world turns to desert «Scientists warn of ecological catastrophe across Asia as glaciers melt and continent's great rivers dry up

The Associated Press has put out an interesting interactive mapof climate change data, including the emission trends from countries in the northern hemisphere, graphs of the various indicators of global warming such as glacier melts and global temperatures, and the pledges that different countries have made when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Ice - Capped Roof of World Turns to Desert Scientists warn of ecological catastrophe across Asia as glaciers melt and continent's great rivers dry up by Geoffrey Lean May 7, 2006 The Independent / UK

For instance, there are still other problem GW is causing, such as glacier melt (which even the dalits and possible huge starvation issues for India, China, and many other places dependent on the glacial cycle for irrigation and drinking water.

These happen during warming periods as glaciers melt and can lead to sea - level rise rates of 4 m per century.

As the glaciers melt during the warmer months they follow channels out to the ocean.

As the glaciers melt they are rapidly filling glacial lakes, creating a flood risk.

And the pace is only increasing in recent years as glaciers melt faster and water temperatures increase, causing oceans to expand.

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Islands and continents buoying upward as glaciers melt.

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It is my belief that AGW denialism will be rendered ridiculous in the public mind within 10 to 15 years as glaciers melt and the North Pole becomes icefree in September.

As glaciers melt and oceans rise, for example, storm surges are likely to be higher.

Guardian: Fears rise of huge outburst flooding in the Himalayas as glaciers melt due to climate change.

Not exact matches

As a result, the coastal ice caps and glaciers lose their melting ice as run off 65 percent faster than they can recapture it — contributing to a loss of ice equivalent to roughly 14 percent of the total mass of GreenlanAs a result, the coastal ice caps and glaciers lose their melting ice as run off 65 percent faster than they can recapture it — contributing to a loss of ice equivalent to roughly 14 percent of the total mass of Greenlanas run off 65 percent faster than they can recapture it — contributing to a loss of ice equivalent to roughly 14 percent of the total mass of Greenland.

The second cause of sea level increase is the melting of land ice — such as glaciers and ice sheets.

As melting ice from these glaciers formed streams and rivers along the edge of the glaciers, thick sequences of sand and gravels were deposited.

The same goes Matty Ice, he's been an undeniable stud, the heart of this team if u will and I think his best years are ahead of him, but even glaciers melt and I'd love for our leader to personally groom his incumbent as well..

He is the principal investigator for a mission called Oceans Melting Greenland (affectionately known as OMG), a five - year effort to assess the extent to which warmer oceans are melting Greenland's glaciers, and how this information can be used to better estimate global sea leveMelting Greenland (affectionately known as OMG), a five - year effort to assess the extent to which warmer oceans are melting Greenland's glaciers, and how this information can be used to better estimate global sea levemelting Greenland's glaciers, and how this information can be used to better estimate global sea level rise.

Bogdal reckons that a glacier feeding the lake has been storing these chemicals for decades and is releasing them as it melts.

Glaciers act as a liquid bank account for people in those areas, storing snow in winter and releasing melted water slowly in the summer.

There are ways to monitor when the dam of a glacial lake might break: Scientists track the lake's depth, the geological composition and geometry of its dam, and other factors, such as melting rate and steepness of adjacent glaciers.

As glaciers in most parts of the Himalayas melt, floods caused by the bursting of rapidly expanding glacial lakes pose an increasing risk to mountain communities.

As glaciers collapse toward the sea, scientists struggle to figure out how fast the southern continent is melting and what that means for sea - level rise

As you know, recent reports have suggested that buried volcanoes explain unusual rates of melting underneath some Antarctic glaciers.

Dirt and stones rain down on the scientists as the cave ceiling slowly melts, and the crushing pressure of the glacier overhead generates an unnerving crackling.

This warming is expected to contribute to rising sea levels and the melting of glaciers and permafrost, as well as other climate - related effects.

They suspect melting of mountain glaciers may accelerate faster than melting of sea level glaciers as the Arctic continues to warm.

This means that as glaciers recede, warm water quickly rushes in to melt more ice.

Liljedahl said she is currently researching the role of mountain glacier melt in the water cycle in other semiarid landscapes, such as those in the Russian and Canadian Arctic.

Its location is wandering as a result of the melting of glaciers and ice sheets — a finding which suggests that monitoring the position of the poles could help us track the decline of ice sheets.

In fact, around the world glaciers are melting three times as fast as they were in the 1980s.

Alaskan and the Canadian Arctic land - based glacier melt ranks with that of the Greenland Ice Sheet as important contributors to global sea - level rise that is already underway.

The finding suggests that bryophytes are more resilient than was previously known, the authors say, and likely play a role in the early recolonization of areas revealed by glacier melt, such as those in the Canadian and Alaskan Arctic.

As the glaciers receded, the lakes formed from melt water.

All these cooking fires are, in effect, drying the region, both by contributing to the melting of glaciers that feed Asia's major rivers as well as by decreasing the evaporation that drives rainfall.

«Our timing was serendipitous, as it meant we were able to see changes in microbial processes over an extremely fast melting season and observe a process from start to end across all habitats on a glacier surface.