Category Archives: Glaciers

Plants Save The Earth From An Icy Doom

When glaciers advanced over much of the Earth’s surface during the last ice age, what kept the planet from freezing over entirely? This has been a puzzle to climate scientists.Now researchers writing in the July 2, 2009, Nature report on … Continue reading

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Patagonian glaciers melting at unprecedented rates

The latest research expedition to the Southern Patagonia Ice Field revealed that alpine glaciers in the Chilean and Argentine Andes are disappearing at much faster rates than previously anticipated by the scientific community.The scientists discovered that the masses of ice … Continue reading

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Silk Road threatened by melting glaciers

The Chinese gateway to the ancient Silk Road is being flooded — and the culprit, researchers say, is climate change. Melting glaciers sitting above the Hexi corridor in Gansu province, once an important trading and military route into Central Asia, … Continue reading

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Ice bridge holding Antarctic ice shelf cracks up

An ice bridge which had apparently held a vast Antarctic ice shelf in place during recorded history shattered on Saturday and could herald a wider collapse linked to global warming, a leading scientist said. The satellite picture, from the European … Continue reading

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