Sentences with phrase «continental glaciers»

The study demonstrates that winter precipitation is more important for maritime glaciers, whereas summer temperature is more important for annual balances of continental glaciers.

Dr. Dill stressed the importance of this study, «cave deposits formed in air within Belizean Blue Holes down to depths of over 400», could give us new and uncontaminated isotope dates on when the melting continental glaciers caused not only flooding of the Blue Hole, but also the continental margins all over the world.»

-- Sea level has been rising at 1 mm to 3 mm every since the large continental glaciers melted after the last ice age — ie for the last 9,000 years.

The land bridge forms during ice ages, when much of the water on the planet becomes part of growing continental glaciers, making the sea level much lower than it is today,» explained Shapiro.

An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi), [1] this is also known as continental glacier.

There was a theory I heard long ago, claiming the Arctic Ocean was open giving the mega continental glaciers of our paleo past.

Gråsubreen is one of the most continental glaciers in Norway.

6 Ice age — time in the past when continental glaciers covered large parts of Earth's surface Global warming — a gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere Greenhouse gas — Gases in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, that trap solar energy Ozone hole — a large area of reduced ozone concentration in the stratosphere, found over Antarctica Chlorofluorocarbon — chlorine compounds that are the main cause of ozone depletion KEY TERMS

Sea level has risen as the vast continental glaciers formed during the last ice age melted.

First, the total amount of ice that has melted off this huge continental glacier reached a record high, with evidence that the rate of melting is not only high, but much higher than predicted or expected.

The two main contenders are shifting winds around the Antarctic continent (possibly linked to the ozone hole or the warming of the continent), which could be smearing the sea ice out over a larger area, and a pool of fresher water around the continent resulting from the melting of continental glaciers.

This glacier is a probably a remnant of a larger continental glacier.

This, when added to the contributions of the Antarctic, continental glacier, and Greenland melting should account for the discrepancy.

Dynamics of a continental glacier are a slow build up as snow layers accumulate, followed by a relatively rapid melt as snow turns to rain.

When winter snow survived the summer melt high in the Torngat Mountains of Labrador layers built until a continental glacier was formed.

The great weight of the continental glaciers during our last ice age, applied such great pressure that it forced meltwater to into the ground at much greater rates than currently observed recharge.

Continental glaciers melt and the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas are reborn, creating flooded villages and new opportunities.

But those who embrace CO2 as the driver of climate change typically countered that global warming was still melting the continental glaciers and raising sea levels.

Colder temperatures from 1500 - 750 BC caused renewed ice growth in continental glaciers and alpine glaciers, and a sea level drop of between 2 to 3 meters below present day levels.

By the way, the problem was that he was following the assumption that the continental glacier moved in all places in the same way as it does on a large scale.

Increased snowfall caused continental glaciers to grow but decreased snowfall can cause them to shrink.

Glacial isostatic adjustment, why we have glacial and interglacial periods, how we can reconstruct climate history, and how the Earth is responding to the retreat of the continental glaciers.

The danger is different: warming could lead to the melting of huge island and continental glaciers.

One extreme view envisions a «snow blitz» beginning of the ice - age climate, only a few years long, and a rapid growth of continental glaciers.

The warm phases are characterized by high temperatures, high sea levels, and an absence of continental glaciers.