Sentences with phrase «cut by glaciers»
This is because the campaign's seafloor survey revealed features under the ocean, such as troughs cut by glaciers during the last ice age, which must continue upstream under the glacial ice.
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It is dissected by several gullies, cut into the unconsolidated sand by streams (melting from the glacier surface is encouraged by the accumulation of dark wind - blown sand, which absorbs solar radiation)[17].
This rock formation was cut and forged by glaciers thousands of years ago, and the ancient art of the surrounding canvas will speak to you at the most - base level of your existence.
Even with immediate cuts in heat - trapping pollution, nearly all the glaciers outside the Arctic and Himalayas will vanish by 2100.
Just yesterday we had an example of a scientist who projected that Himalayan glaciers were losing ice at an an amazing rate correcting himself and cutting his own mass loss estimate by 30 %.
If countries instead abide by the pledges to cut carbon emissions after 2020 that they each made voluntarily ahead of the Paris climate summit, the average temperature will likely go up by at least two degrees Celsius, a less - than - catastrophic situation that could «still destroy most coral reefs and glaciers and melt significant parts of the Greenland ice cap, bringing major rises in sea levels,» according to The Guardian.
LONDON, 9 April — The glaciers of the tropical Andes have shrunk by between 30 and 50 % in 30 years and many will soon disappear altogether, cutting off the summer water supply for millions of people, according to scientists studying the region's climate.
First it was the glaciers, then the link with extreme weather, now it's an apparently erroneous claim that «global warming could cut rain - fed north African crop production by up to 50 % by 2020».
The Guardian More on Everest Cutting the Crap on Mount Everest Sherpa to Climb Everest for Record - Setting 20th Time, Scatter Edmund Hillary's Ashes China Paves Road To Mount Everest Everest and Himalayan Glaciers Could Vanish By 2035, Imperiling a Billion People