Images taken by the European Space Agency’s ERS-2 satellite days before it was retired have revealed the rapid changes happening to Greenland’s glaciers.
Tag: glacier
Two Greenland Glaciers Lose Enough Ice to Fill Lake Erie
Two of Greenland’s largest three glaciers have lost enough ice that they could have filled Lake Erie with the accumulated melted ice water.
Vatican-Commissioned Report Calls Attention to Glaciers
A group of the world’s leading climate and glacier scientists have issued a report which was commissioned by the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences, citing the scientific issues causing glaciers to melt and the moral imperative they believe society has to properly address climate change.
Malaspina Glacier From Space {Photo of the Day}
This image was captured on August 31, 2000 and depicts the Malaspina Glacier, the largest glacier in Alaska.
IceBridge Capture Images of Greenland Glaciers [Photos of the Day]
Operation IceBridge is in its third year of annual campaigns in the Arctic and Antarctic, monitoring glaciers, ice sheets and sea ice. These images were taken on April 11, 2011, with the clear weather finally allowing these beautiful photos to be taken.
Sea Level Rise Being Influenced More and More by Glaciers
Glaciers are contributing more and more to the increasing sea level rise, according to a new study which looked at 270 of the largest outlet glaciers of the South and North Patagonian Icefields of South America.
New Research Shows How Glaciers Carved Their Own Way
New research out of the University of California, Berkeley and the Berkeley Geochronology Center (BGC) has allowed scientists to reconstruct what the land looked like before it was scoured and carved up by glaciers.
Complicated Circulation Affects Greenland Glaciers
“People always thought the circulation [in Greenland’s fjords] would be simple: warm waters coming into the fjords at depth, melting the glaciers. Then the mixture of warm water and meltwater rises because it is lighter, and comes out at the top. Nice and neat,” says Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution physical oceanographer Fiamma Straneo, who has now led two survey trips to Sermilik Fjord at the base of Helheim Glacier, Greenland.
This Icy World Showcases Greenlands Glaciers
Cambridge University has released another film in their ‘Cambridge Ideas’ series entitled ‘This Icy World’ shown below. The small film looks at the contribution of Greenland to global sea level … [Read full article]
In Search of Missing Carbon & Life – 'Deep Earth' Mission Planned
It is the fundamental structural element of all living things. It is a key component of many energy sources, and, it is a crucial player in our planet’s climate system. … [Read full article]
Greenland Ice Sheet a Complex Mystery
With warming temperatures worldwide much speculation has been focused on how the Antarctic and Greenland ice-sheets will react. Hotter temperatures, in theory, should be bad for ice, but according to … [Read full article]
Loss of Arctic Reflectivity Intensifies Global Warming
A new study published online in the journal Nature Geoscience has uncovered data that shows over the past 30 years the decreases in the amount of snow and ice covering … [Read full article]
Global Weirding News of the Week
Since we had plenty of news last Friday and I was heading out of town, I decided to leave our weekly roundup of global weirding and environmental news (that we … [Read full article]