These days, a journalist, or anyone else, can in seconds find heaps of scientists
studying glaciology or marine mammal endocrinology or the toxicity of petroleum with a mouse click.
Not exact matches
That fact is scientifically supported and not controversial among scientists who
study climate from a broad range of disciplines, including geology, geophysics, geography, paleoclimatology,
glaciology, hydrology, ecology, evolutionary biology, environmental
studies and oceanography.
«One thing that we show pretty well in this
study is that our simulation is relevant to a range of different research disciplines, not only
glaciology.
That conclusion has emerged through a broad body of analysis in fields as disparate as
glaciology, the
study of glacial formations, and palynology, the
study of the distribution of pollen grains in lake mud.
Were the authors and others that headlined the
studies by the JPL and NAVY
glaciology teams not «cherry picking» to fit a narrative?.
The NASA icesat &
glaciology study that showed Antarctic continental ice mass increasing with declining snow fall for decades, and melt area limited to ~ 2 % of coastal Antarctica.
Both
studies make an «important contribution» to our understanding of how climate change is likely to affect Arctic sea ice, says Dr Amber Leeson, a lecturer in
glaciology and environmental data science from the University of Lancaster, who was not involved in the research.
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.
«One thing that we show pretty well in this
study is that our simulation is relevant to a range of different research disciplines, not only
glaciology.
«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.
«We're doing about the most we can do right now to
study the possible collapse of the west ice sheet,» said Dr. Richard Cameron, NSF program manager for
glaciology.