Category Archives: Glaciers

Glaciology: Study of Glaciers and Ice?

Posted on February 3, 2024 by Rashid Faridi
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1951 : All Of The World’s Glaciers Melting – Some Have Disappeared

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Real Climate Science Don’t scoff when you hear an old timer say: “Summers are hot- ter than they used to be.” This remark could once have been classed with “Stairs are steeper than they used to be,” and “Young people … Continue reading →

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Reassuring News:Greenland’s Ice Melting Not As Fast As Expected

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

A new study has some reassuring news. Greenland’s glaciers hold  water to raise sea level by 20 feet, and they are melting as the planet warms, so there’s a lot to worry. A few years ago, the Jakobshavn glacier in … Continue reading →

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Siachen:World’s Highest Battleground

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

 Siachen glacier  is billed as the world’s highest combat zone, but atrocious weather conditions have claimed more lives than actual fighting. The 77-kilometre-long (48-mile) glacier traverses the Line of Control, the de facto border separating Indian- and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, at … Continue reading →

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