Glacier

age phases consisted of extended cold temperature periods with glaciers where massive ice sheets grew on the mainland masses on and around the poles. Because of the ocean water evaporating, the water was being sealed up onto the land as ice. This ice sheet build up has drastically lowered worldwide sea level. Throughout the shorter, hotter, breaks called interglacials, the ice sheets have degenerated, and with the water from the glaciers melting and draining back into the oceans, the sea level…

water’s surface and under my board. In the distance there’s a cracking sound from a glacier slowly creeping forward. No matter how many times I’m out here, it feels surreal and I constantly find myself thinking “wow, am I really here? paddling in Antarctica?” For most of my life Antarctica was just that white part on the bottom of a map. It wasn’t until I met someone in New Zealand who had worked at a base there as a glacier guide for scientists that it ever crossed my mind as a possible place…

Conner Broadway Mrs. Allen English IV 09 September 2016 Global Warming- A Hoax When the average person turns on the news, he or she is bombarded with new scientific breakthroughs from some of the world’s so called smartest people about the ice caps depleting by ridiculous amounts, penguins and polar bears being wiped out, precipitation increasing around the world, and the ocean warming and rising to unprecedented levels. Scientists and…

such as why are they rising, what will happen if they continue to rise, is there a way to stop the rising of the sea levels, and why it is a major issue to consider. The sea levels are rising due to the melting of land ice and glaciers. In the summer, the land ice and glaciers melt, but in the winter, the ice builds back up, so they stay consistent. The primary cause of the melting is global warming. As stated from The…

Visually the landscape is dominated by the prominence of mountains (Owens and Slaymaker, 2004) and there has been evidence to demonstrate within all major mountain ranges in the world, there is rapid and accelerating ‘uplift’ (Molnar,1990). Therefore, it is important to understand the reason why they are uplifting and what factors can cause them to decline. Whether it is due to tectonics, climate, a result of both or other factors combined. Thomson (1964) states mountains are over 600meters and…

The goal of this organization is to shape the public’s perception of the effects of global warming and inspire people to take action to save the planet. This is accomplished through the constant monitoring of 24 glaciers around the world and documentation as well as publication of the alarming rates at which they are disappearing. This information is then brought to the attention of the world in magazines, press conferences, lectures, and so on, in hopes of giving…

Overview The Earth goes through many natural changes like sea levels slightly changing, earthquakes, and tornadoes. Global warming has greatly increased and became one of biggest contributors to the changes on the Earth. Immediately I decided I wanted to learn more about global warming. Global warming has changed climate a lot since when I was younger. Right now it is December 18th and we have no snow. I think this is the first winter that we have had no snow; usually there is so much that we…

The Western Cordillera is found standing along the western edge of the continent. Made of ranges and ranges of mountains separated by occasional plateaus and valleys. Many provinces found in this region are British Columbia, Yukon Territories, Southwest Alberta, and parts of Northwest Territories. The mountain ranges found here are not as old as the other regions, as they are not yet rounded hills. These mountains occurred when the North American and Pacific plates collided, that spans…

severe ways. For one, climate change is melting glaciers. You may think, what does this have to do with humans besides a little warm temperate? A lot. One of the main reasons being that about 400 million people worldwide depend on mountain glaciers as a water source. Glaciers are crucial for life support in villages such as villages in the Zanskar valley where they get just half an inch of rain a year due to cold temperatures. Not only do the glaciers serve as drinking water but they are also…

and wanted to understand why they thought that way. I did not understand why people could doubt global warming when a strong study on the Yukon glaciers highly suggested it was real. A group of scientists watched the Yukon glaciers from 1958-2008 and noticed that there were over 1200 glaciers when beginning their observations. Within 50 years “4 of glaciers actually grew in size, 300 of them disappeared and the rest decreased in size.” (------------------). I thought that the documentary should…