Sentences with phrase «how coastal glaciers»

And they're now modeling how glaciers will respond to future climate scenarios, particularly how coastal glaciers like Wolverine impact the ecosystem along the Gulf of Alaska.

Not exact matches

Howat and his team were able to figure this out by creating high - resolution topographic models of the glaciers and their boundaries, as well as a numerical model of exactly how much water was flowing off these coastal glaciers and ice caps — technology that wasn't available back in 1996.

So when the team returned to their flight paths five years later, they were surprised at how fast the coastal glaciers had melted.

Like how will increasing ocean temperatures affect glaciers and coastal communities?