Sentences with phrase «big glaciers»
One study tracked the region's biggest glaciers for 40 years, and concluded from direct observations that the ice is unstoppable.
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Gornergrat Bahn offers views of Gornergletscher, which is the 2nd biggest glacier in the Alps, and train windows open, great for photos!
Second, there is a lot of bad news: Several effects of climate disruption have accelerated during the past decade, such as the loss of Arctic sea ice, the melting of big glaciers and the rise of sea levels.
About 34 million years ago, which coincides with a cooling of Earth's climate, big glaciers appeared, shaping the spectacular valley now hidden under thick ice.
«Many scientists are predicting the onset of two or three centuries of cooler weather — which would mean bigger glaciers.
The team, led by Dr Hannes Konrad from the University of Leeds, found that grounding line retreat has been extreme at eight of the ice sheet's 65 biggest glaciers.
«A big glacier should have affected everybody.
«Overall, our work is helping to explain the mass balance of the big glaciers and ice sheets from the mountains to the poles worldwide,» Paterna said.
Greenbaum, for instance, has conducted some of his own mapping research in Antarctica, and his work, published in Nature Geoscience in March 2015, has helped reveal that East Antarctica's biggest glacier — the Totten Glacier, sometimes referred to as the region's «sleeping giant» — is vulnerable to the intrusion of warm ocean water.
The biggest glaciers in West Antarctica are hemorrhaging ice without any way to stem the loss, according to two independent studies.
But don't worry, the scientists also cover the big glaciers, too.
The highest range in the region, and the one with the biggest glacier system in the U.S portion of the chain, your trip will provide all the impressive vistas these mountains are known for without the big crowds.
The biggest glacier - fed lake in the Rockies — and the second - largest in the world, azure Maligne Lake has also been called Sore Foot Lake, so named by a 19th - century rail surveyor after his own difficult journey in this remote wilderness.
Day 9 Magnificent Sognefjord extends 200 km inland, at its foot is Jostedalsbreen, the biggest glacier in continental Europe.
«We're discovering that we as humans, in our agricultural practices, are actually eroding the land at a rate similar to the biggest glaciers and rivers in the world,» said the study's lead author, Michelle N. Koppes of the University of British Columbia.
«Our speculation is that some of the big glaciers in this region are sliding downhill faster and dumping more ice in the ocean.»
West Antarctica's biggest glacier is melting 50 per cent faster than in 1994, adding to a global increase in sea levels, US and UK scientists found.
Scientists confirm that warm ocean water is melting the biggest glacier in East Antarctica (Washington Post, Dec. 16, 2016)
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At eight of the ice sheet's 65 biggest glaciers, the speed of retreat was more than five times the rate of deglaciation since the last ice age.