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Ice Hunter: Q&A With Lonnie Thompson An interview with glaciologist and Byrd Polar Research Center scientist Lonnie Thompson about what it mean to hunt ice and about some his current work. |
Smithsonian
October 2006
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Life in the Field - Frozen in Time Glaciers in the Pacific Northwest have recorded hundreds of years of climate history, helping researchers plot how quickly the planet is warming. |
Geotimes
April 2005 |
Geomedia Arctic Climate Change in Photos... Book review: Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages by Doug Macdougall... Mapping Sinkhole Risk in Maryland... |
Science News
February 14, 2009
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Receding Glaciers Erase Records Of Climate History Ice masses on the tops of mountains -- sticking out in the free atmosphere -- have been collecting climate data and storing them, in many cases for very long periods. |
Geotimes
October 2004
Jay Chapman |
Melting Glaciers Promote Earthquakes In southern Alaska, melting glaciers heat up the possibility of earthquakes. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
Erico Guizzo |
Into Deep Ice What does the future hold for Earth's ice? A group of British researchers seeks answers in the bowels of a glacier. |
Geotimes
December 2004
Sara Pratt |
Antarctic Ice Connections The West Antarctic ice sheet contains 3.2 million cubic kilometers of ice. Were it to collapse due to global warming, it would raise global sea level by 5 meters, catastrophically inundating low-lying areas. |
Geotimes
February 2007
Katherine Unger |
Climate to Blame in Cultural Collapses The Anasazi people in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest disappeared suddenly, possibly due to climate change that made food and water sources scarce. Researchers are now linking several past periods of climate change with failed civilizations. |
Geotimes
February 2005
Megan Sever |
Glacier: Crown of the Continent Established as a national park in 1910, Glacier National Park's geologic and ecologic significance is internationally recognized. |
Geotimes
February 2006
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Carving on Glacial Time A new technique for calculating the rate in which glaciers and rivers erode the landscape is shedding light on the timing of these glacial processes. |
Geotimes
August 2007
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No More "Snows of Kilimanjaro"? Mount Kilimanjaro's glaciers have receded dramatically, making the highest point in Africa a high-profile poster child for global warming. Some scientists contend, however, that Kilimanjaro is a poor example, as its glaciers were disappearing before warming set in. |
Smithsonian
August 2005
Laura Helmuth |
Phenomena and Curiosities: Baked Alaska A unique study documents the disappearance of Alaska's glaciers, blamed on global warming. |
Scientific American
September 2008
Krista West |
Researchers hone seismic skills to peer inside glaciers Seismic data enable scientists to peer inside melting glaciers before they calve |
