Sentences with phrase «released by glaciers»

Massive phytoplankton (algae) blooms and suspended mineral particles released by glaciers occur during the Arctic spring and summer.

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Data released Wednesday by the U.S. Geological Survey and Portland State University has revealed that over the past 50 years, glaciers in the Glacier National Park in Montana have retreated by 39 percent.

Last February, a University of Colorado press release warned that melting glaciers could cause ocean levels to rise by as much as 20 cm by the end of this century.

Which is part of the reason they come out with stupid comments like the end of Himalayan glaciers by 2035, but on second thought, maybe we meant 2350... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IPCC-retracts-2035-alarm-on-Himalayan-glacier-melt/articleshow/5482397.cms Releasing this much carbon is not a good thing, but when you look at the larger picture, our increasing carbon in the atmosphere from 0.032 % to 0.039 % is small beer compared to deforestation and our increasing global population.

The United Nations group's fourth climate assessment, released in 2007, was marred by flaws such as the inclusion of a claim that the Himalaya's glaciers could completely disappear by 2035 if current rates of warming persisted.

If Larsen C does disintegrate, it will release glaciers capable of increasing global sea level by another 4 inches.

They are limited only by the amount of water the glaciers themselves release — ice masses that hold volumes of water often measured in cubic kilometers.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Within the last three decades the glaciers of the tropical Andes have receded by between nearly a third and a half, scientists say — with the warming of the Pacific to blame.

Using environmentalist - group press releases and other shoddy «sources,» the report claimed, for example, that Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2035 or sooner.

Slate's Phil Plait was responsibly reserved in his coverage, emphasizing that although one of the press releases used the word «collapse,» the melting of this particular glacier — which by itself contains enough ice to raise global seas by three feet — is a process that will take centuries, if not longer, to play out.

The researchers estimate that the dissolved organic carbon released by melting glaciers will be an increase of half as much again on the current flow − the equivalent of about half the annual flow of dissolved carbon down the mighty Amazon River.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has conceded an error when stating in its last report, released 2007, that Himalayan glaciers are likely to melt by 2035.