Sentences with phrase «of glacial flow»

But in the last 20 years, observers have measured the successive losses to large areas of the Larsen ice shelf off the Antarctic Peninsula, and these have resulted in an alarming acceleration of glacial flow on land, even though Antarctica remains the coldest continent on Earth.

Using simple observations of scratches and the «plucking» of rocks on the downside of glacial flow directions, I concluded on my second day in the field that the glaciers moved not towards the competitor's property but FROM the competitor's property.

Here we have some healthy evidence not just for the dynamics of glacial flow, but also for the feedback loops within the scientific community.

Not exact matches

This pure spring water flows directly into the Icelandic Glacial bottling plant located right at the source, in Hlidarendi, Iceland at the edge of the spring.

The water collected by Icelandic Glacial flows directly into our state - of - the - art bottling plant located right at the source, in Hlidarendi, Iceland at the edge of the Ölfus Spring.

Radar measurements and models of Earthly glacial ice flows led researchers to conclude that the glaciers spotted on Mars from orbiters contain nearly 150 billion cubic meters of water.

These forces occur on Earth in glacial ice as it flows due to gravity, and in space as icy satellite bodies, such as the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, respond to tidal forces from their parent bodies.

In a series of papers, the New Horizons team present their analysis of the encounter data downloaded so far: Moore et al. present the complex surface features and geology of Pluto and its large moon Charon, including evidence of tectonics, glacial flow, and possible cryovolcanoes.

The results of our recent study suggest that the Atlantic water never ceased to flow into the Nordic Seas during the glacial period,» says Mohamed Ezat, PhD at Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) at UiT, The Arctic University of Norway.

Current climate models do not take into account glacial flow and therefore underestimate the impact of glacial melt and the calving of ice flows, the researchers argue in a paper detailing the findings in today's Science.

One 2012 study estimated that late summer glacial contributions accounted for 23 percent to 54 percent of stream flow in several local watersheds.

The pressure of the ice sheet constrains the lava flow, and glacial meltwater chills the erupting lava into fragments of volcanic glass, forming mounds and ridges with steep sides and flat tops.

An assemblage of small hills in the region also appears to be debris left behind by slowly flowing glacial ice.

Since so much of the ice sheet is grounded underwater, rising sea levels may have the effect of lifting the sheets, allowing more - and increasingly warmer - water underneath it, leading to further bottom melting, more ice shelf disintegration, accelerated glacial flow, and further sea level rise, and so on and on, another vicious cycle.

During the last glacial maximum, Wiens explained, the weight of the ice bent the Earth's crust, forcing the plastic rock in the upper layer of the Earth's mantle to flow away from the loaded region.

The causes of ice ages remain controversial for both the large - scale ice age periods and the smaller ebb and flow of glacial — interglacial periods within an ice age.

A 2 - D numerical model of snow / ice energy balance and ice flow for paleoclimatic interpretation of glacial geomorphic features.

Gaupnefjorden branch of Sognefjorden is strongly affected by freshwater as glacial river flow in.

As the oceans levels rose, glacial waters flowed through the limestone deposits of the then exposed Lighthouse Reef resulting in huge subterranean caverns.

Could the Times consider finding and covering any speculations from reasonably reliable sources on what happens to us and our societies should moulin production increase triggering increased glacial flows and a resultant sea rise of, shall we say, two meters in a century?

Also, there is some evidence that what happens at the front of such glaciers can affect the «back» (inland) parts of the glaciers increasing glacial flow toward the ocean.

This accelerates the glacial flow and the calving of icebergs into the surrounding ocean.

But without the ice shelves to impede the flow of glacial ice, typically moving 400 — 900 meters a year, the flow of ice from the continent could accelerate, leading to a thinning of the ice sheet on the edges of the Antarctic continent.

In the Andes, glacial melt water supports river flow and water supply for tens of millions of people during the long dry season.

Any precipitation or glacial meltwater flowing into an endorheic basin could require centuries to thousands of years to flow back to the oceans.

Looking at these glacial flows individual contributions to overall mean sea level rise (MSLR) and talking in terms of decades to centuries for their collapse makes the problem seem very far off in human terms.

Since glacial ice deforms like very slow putty, the steepening of the glacier would have caused the more mobile, middle section to flow pick up speed.

And study authors found that 2 C to 5 C warming of local ocean waters with somewhat greater local air temperature increases was capable of flooding these basins in stages — forcing Totten's glacial ice to flow out into the Southern Ocean and provide significant contributions to sea level rise.

In the Indus, Ganges, Yellow, and Yangtze River basins, where irrigated agriculture depends heavily on rivers, the loss of glacial - fed, dry - season flow will shrink harvests and could create unmanageable food shortages.

Climate News Network: Researchers in the US have identified a new reason for the acceleration in the melting of Greenland's icecap − the ice underneath, as it melts and then refreezes, appears to speed up glacial flow.

Glacial melt contributes as much as half of the region's flow (41, 42).

Part of the water flow in these river basins depends on snow and glacial melt to perennial rivers, such as the Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra, Mekong and Yangtze (9).

Figure 6: Predicted percentage of glacial melts contributing to basin flows in the Himalayan basins (Source: predicted percentage flow data from Xu and others 2008 (44).

A NASA project has for the first time mapped the glacial flows of Antarctica, providing vital information in the monitoring of climate change.

The data might be sensitive to changes of ice cover in the seas near Greenland, or to a local shift of the ice cap's glacial flow.

This image, showing the flow of glacial ice toward the ocean, was derived from ERS SAR measurements.

The glaciers flowing from the steep mountains on the tip of the South American continent, have been one of the most visible of global glacial retreats.

So, I'm not extremely versed with glacial ice, but what we're talking about is sheathing of ice because of ice flow, not melting, correct?

But a new discussion paper, «The role of glaciers in stream flow from the Nepal Himalaya,» (Alford and Armstrong, The Cryosphere Discuss., 4, 469 - 494, 2010) concludes that glacial runoff contributes only about 4 % to the total annual stream flow of the Ganges system; the great majority is contributed by monsoon rains.

Higher elevation areas could experience altered water flow in some river basins if current rates of glacial retreat continue, but shifts in the location, intensity, and variability of rain and snow due to climate change will likely have a greater impact on regional water supplies.

The observed effects of cryosphere reduction include modification of river regimes due to enhanced glacial melt, snowmelt advance and enhanced winter base flow; formation of thermokarst terrain and disappearance of surface lakes in thawing permafrost; decrease in potential travel days of vehicles over frozen roads in the Arctic; enhanced potential for glacier hazards and slope instability due to mechanical weakening driven by ice and permafrost melting; regional ocean freshening; sea - level rise due to glacier and ice sheet shrinkage; biotic colonisation and faunal changes in deglaciated terrain; changes in freshwater and marine ecosystems affected by lake - ice and sea - ice reduction; changes in livelihoods; reduced tourism activities related to skiing, ice climbing and scenic activities in cryospheric areas affected by degradation; and increased ease of ship transportation in the Arctic.

Other factors being investigated are the impact of lakes on Greenland's glacial surfaces, the effect of dust and soot on the ice sheet (which have been shown to have a major impact in accelerating melting in Himalayan glaciers), and how surface meltwater affects ice flow into the ocean (previous research has shown that is speeds it and is increased by short term weather extremes).

This means that atmospheric warming can reach thousands of metres below the ice sheet − warming the glacial base and potentially increasing its rate of flow.

Ice shelves maintain the stability of the ice on the continent: a huge ice shelf slows glacial flow from the highlands and effectively constrains the flow of meltwater.