Sentences with phrase «of nearby glaciers»

The longstanding rite was aimed at stopping the rapid advance of nearby glaciers during a period now called the Little Ice Age.

The ridge acted as a dam, holding back a lake that had formed in front of a nearby glacier.

Not exact matches

A comparison of the moraine ages with nearby climate records indicates that Rwenzori glaciers expanded contemporaneously with regionally dry, cold conditions and retreated when air temperature increased.

This 206 dipped me between mountains for an astounding view of the nearby Casement and Davidson glaciers.

Other nearby glaciers may be vulnerable, he added, «but unfortunately as of today, we have no ability to predict such disasters.»

Since the region is at a high latitude, moisture from the nearby Pacific Ocean can accumulate into some of the world's most powerful glaciers.

Layers of ice in the upper reaches of glaciers provide a year - by - year chronicle of soot emitted by local industry and by the coal and wood burned to heat homes in the valleys nearby.

One of our favorite adventures was doing a guided glacier hike nearby.

The lake's beautifully - colored rocks were formed by glaciers, as were many of the impressive cliffs and waterfalls nearby.

(The photo above is of the nearby Rhone glacier.)

Delgado also notes that erosion and desertification have increased as the glaciers have melting, affecting nearby farming communities in the Valley of Mexico.

Nearby Mount Kenya has lost 7 of its 18 glaciers.

For more than a decade, officials in Ecuador's mountainous capital have been studying the effects of global warming on nearby melting glaciers, developing ways of dealing with potential water shortages and even organizing conferences on climate change for leaders of other Latin American cities.

In the 2010/11 mass balance year, the precipitation at the nearby meteorological station located at 3539 m a.s.l. (Daxigou Meteorological Station; DMS) is 466 mm and 500 to 700 mm at the ELA0 of the glacier.

A new analysis suggests that people who live in the shadow of melting glaciers and eat fish from nearby streams may be at risk from toxins banned years ago.

In July 2016, the lower portion of a valley glacier in the Aru Range of Tibet detached and barreled into a nearby valley, killing nine people and hundreds of animals.

Rapid melting of Greenland's glaciers has also produced a special category of earthquake known as a glacialquake.15, 8 Helheim glacier triggered nearly 20 percent of the 136 glacialquakes recorded from January 1993 to October 2005 in Greenland — second only to the nearby Kangerdlugssuaq glacier.15 (See Kangerdlugssuaq hotspot for more information about glacialquakes.)

Even after the eruption ceased, there were episodes of resuspended ash blowing off the glacier and nearby areas onto the ocean.

Such a dramatic loss can already be seen in the nearby Spanish Pyrenees Mountains, where close to 90 percent of the glacier cover has disappeared over the past century.