Sentences with phrase «on nearby glaciers»
Previous studies have found that soot particles from these cookstoves can settle on nearby glaciers, absorbing sunlight and melting the ice — particularly in combination with global warming.
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Training in field work and safety aspects were done on a nearby glacier including an overnight camp stay.
Not exact matches
Glaciers on early Earth could have scooped up mineral dust; volcanoes could have rained ash onto nearby sea ice.
We strap on some crampons for a walk on the Franz Josef glacier in South - Western New Zealand, taking the time to also check out the nearby Fox Glacier and Haast Pass.
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.
«Some small glaciers like this have already disappeared,» he said as melting icicles dripped on nearby rock, exposed for the first time in millennia.
Up on a plateau, no pesky ocean nearby, negligible glacier movement, nice and flat.