Sentences with phrase «on glaciology»
She devoured papers on glaciology, memorized equations that dictated how deeply buried water and ice flow under pressure, and peppered Blankenship's team with questions about how ice works on our own planet.
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According to Sharp, the focus of the findings also marks an important milestone from the perspective of glaciology, which traditionally focuses on sea level as the most direct consequence of the impact of climate change on glaciers.
Robert Claiborne realized that he was getting different and conflicting time sequences between anthropology and glaciology courses when studying the natural influences on the pattern and sequence of human history.
From 1899 to 1962, those ice fields more exposed to direct solar radiation «wasted drastically» while those in narrow, shaded grooves changed very little, said Dr. Stefan L. Hastenrath, a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, who is a longstanding expert on African glaciology.
The author, Fred Pearce, had quoted Indian scientist Syed Hasnain who was at the time chairman of the working group on Himalayan glaciology for the International Commission on Snow and Ice.
«We need an intensified programme in glaciology by cooperating with China, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan, besides building our own glacial (study) capacity,» corroborated India's environment minister, Jairam Ramesh, who added that the IPCC didn't carry out due diligence on the fourth assessment report.
Hasnain, of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, who was then chairman of the International Commission on Snow and Ice's working group on Himalayan glaciology, has never repeated the prediction in a peer - reviewed journal.