Gangotri glacier receded 1.5 km in 30 yrs
"Even as India ponders about the way forward to minimise the catastrophic effects of climate change, latest data from the ISRO has confirmed that sources of India's perennial rivers are slowly contracting - the... 'Benchmark' glaciers shrinking faster
Les Blumenthal: 99% of glaciers in the US have been shrinking, and the rate is accelerating
Trip to Antarctica
" WELCOME to Antarctica where, in the words of expedition leader Greg Mortimer, the weather is "filthy." The wind is blowing at 50 knots, the sea is grey and angry, and the wind-chill factor is estimated...
Yosemite glacier on thin ice, proof of Global Climate Change
Do you still think there is no such thing as Global Climate change? Here in California the truth is there for all to see."ON THE LYELL GLACIER – As melting water gushed off the ice in a tinseled maze of... Arctic Tern
This Arctic Tern was on an ice floe that had calved from a Sawyer Glacier in Alaska.Huge Greenland Glacier Disintegrating
"August 22, 2008—Greenland's glaciers are breaking up at a worrisome pace, new satellite images show. A gigantic, 11-square-mile (29-square-kilometer) chunk of the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland...Pictured: The cruise liner that ran aground off Alaska
"A cruise ship that grounded for about nine hours near Glacier Bay in Alaska has been towed to safety, a Coast Guard spokesman said.A National Park Service vessel was transferring passengers and crew members to a...Mysterious California Glaciers Keep Growing Despite Warming
Going against the trend, these northern California glaciers are growing. " MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. — Global warming is shrinking glaciers all over the world, but the seven tongues of ice creeping down...
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Bacterial species is found trapped in 120,000-year-old ice
99.9% of bacteria can be wiped or washed away by many of the soaps we have today but clearly this bacteria found in a Greenland glacier is more resilient than that. Surviving for more than 120,000 years in an...DNA links 17 people to B.C. Ancient Iceman
In 1999 an Ancient Iceman found entombed in a BC Glacier for Centuries has direct links to the First Nations Wolf Clan through the marvel of DNA Technology."DNA links at least 17 people to B.C. icemanRelated to...
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Chilean Lake Suddenly Disappears
"A glacial lake in southern Chile suddenly disappeared this week in a phenomenon that scientists are attributing to global warming."Mighty ice chunk lifts and separates
The breakup of a Connecticut-sized ice shelf has many scientists worried about the effects of global warming."(CNN) -- Some 220 square miles of ice has collapsed in Antarctica and an ice shelf about the size of...World's glaciers melting at record rate
With global glaciers-a vital water source for millions, or even billions, of people worldwide-melting at a record rate, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) urged countries to agree on a new emissions...Photography in National Parks – Be Aware, Not Afraid
Our National Parks are wild, beautiful and all too often dangerous, especially for tourists with cameras. I have often seen people so caught up with recording their experience that they put themselves...
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