Sentences with phrase «describes glacier changes»

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There is, however, little published work describing the response of glacier margin positions to this regional climate change.

Because of its cold - adapted features and rapid warming, climate change impacts on Alaska are already pronounced, including earlier spring snowmelt, reduced sea ice, widespread glacier retreat, warmer permafrost, drier landscapes, and more extensive insect outbreaks and wildfire, as described below.

Glaciers move horizontally as they flow downstream, the study describes, but their floating portions also rise and fall vertically with changes in the tides.

The difference between the accumulation and ablation for a given year describes the annual net mass balance, which corresponds to the change in glacier thickness and volume.