GLACIERS popularity and GLACIERS trends

scibri writes "During the latter half of the twentieth century, global sea level rose by about 1.8 millimeters per year. The combined contribution from heating of the oceans, which makes the water expand, along with melting of ice caps and glaciers, is estimated to be 1.1 millimeters per year, which left some 0.7 millimeters per year unaccounted for. It seems that the effects of human water use...

Methane from underground reservoirs is steaming from thawing permafrost and receding glaciers, contributing to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

Humanity's unquenchable thirst for fresh water is driving up sea levels even faster than melting glaciers, according to new research. The massive impact of the global population's growing need for water on rising sea levels is revealed in a comprehensive assessment of all the ways in which people use water. from the Guardian (UK)

(Phys.org) -- A team of researchers, led by Katey Walter Anthony, of the University of Alaska, has been studying and mapping so-called seeps, holes in lake ice near the edges of glaciers where methane is bubbling up from below into the atmosphere, and suggest that a feedback loop may be in the works. As the team writes in their paper describing their observations, which has been published in th...

Put all the water on this planet into a single sphere and it would have a diameter of about 860 miles, says the United States Geological Survey. For reference, that's roughly the distance between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Topeka, Kansas. About 70 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about [...]

The PPP government is not serious about the threat to the glaciers because of the 70:30 thermal to hydel ratio. If this is to be reversed to 30:70 we need both Bhasha and Kalabagh dam. Small and medium dams will not do it, neither will Solar and Wind energy with their moderate capacities. We are pushing ahead with Bhasha dam but not doing anything to prolong the life of the glaciers on which ....

Greenland's glaciers are not speeding up as much as previously thought and may be contributing "significantly less" to sea-level rise, a study says.

Greenland's glaciers are losing ice - but not at the breakneck pace that scientists once feared, a new study says. The loss of ice from the glaciers that cover the island is still about 30% faster than it was a decade ago.

Das legendäre Skitourenrennen der Patrouille des Glaciers musste dieses Jahr wegen starken Winds abgebrochen werden

Greenland's glaciers are sliding into oceans at a faster pace than previously known, but they may contribute less to an expected rise in global sea level than feared, scientists reported Thursday.

A DECADE-LONG study of Greenland's glaciers suggests they may not be melting as quickly as thought, leading to a slower sea-level rise than worst-case predictions.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Greenland's glaciers are hemorrhaging ice at an increasingly faster rate but not at the breakneck pace that scientists once feared, a new study says....

Herky-jerky motion suggests worst-case sea level rise unlikely

TORONTO (Reuters) - Whether it is melting glaciers, coastal erosion or drying lakes, a new app displays the impact of climate change on the planet by using before and after satellite images.

By Nina ChestneyLONDON (Reuters) - Large wind farms might have a warming effect on the local climate, research in the United States showed on Sunday, casting a shadow over the long-term sustainability of wind power.Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels contribute to global warming, which could lead to the melting of glaciers, sea level rise, ocean acidification, cr...

Un avion de ligne privé pakistanais transportant environ 130 personnes s'est écrasé vendredi près d'Islamabad, la capitale, après avoir été pris dans un violent orage et il y avait peu d'espoir de trouver des survivants, selon les autorités pakistanaises.Articles en rapportL´emprise des Européens sur le FMI discutée à WashingtonLes glaciers de l´Himalaya reculent moins vite qu´on le pensaitPrem...

Aucune réforme économique majeure en Inde ne devrait être engagée avant les prochaines élections générales programmées en 2014, a affirmé le principal cons...lire la suitehistoires liées12:37 Les glaciers de l’Himalaya reculent moins vite qu’on ne le pensait12:35 Renvoi d’Anne-Marie Lizin et Micheline Toussaint devant le tribunal correctionnel12:43 Budget : l’UE veut une hausse « substantielle ...

Rare glimpses of camera-shy creatures remind landlubbers we should care deeply about the sea - like life depended on it

Dans l'Himalaya, les glaciers de la chaîne Karakoram ne fondent pas à la différence de l'ensemble des autres glaciers. Une résistance que peine à expliquer les chercheurs.

In one corner of the world, there is more ice today than there was 10 years ago. New satellite data shows that the glaciers in the Karakoram have grown slightly over the last decade, bucking the global trend. We don't know why it has happened - but it's important to keep it in perspective. More »

Study finds some glaciers in Karakoram mountain range are growing in mass, despite ice-melt caused by global warming.

Some glaciers in the Himalayan mountains have gained a small amount of mass between 1999 and 2008, new research shows, bucking the global trend.

Helicopters, sniffer dogs and troops deployed to Siachen Glacier to find up to 150 soldiers buried in Kashmir army baseRescuers have recovered a number of bodies after an avalanche hit a Pakistani army base in the disputed Kashmir region, burying up to 150 soldiers.Helicopters, sniffer dogs and troops have been deployed to the remote Siachen Glacier on the Indian border in the Himalayas, accord...

For three decades, Bernie Krause has collected the sounds of nature, from Amazon jungles to Antarctic glaciers and even ant colonies. For Krause, the sounds aren't ambience, but biological orchestras of extraordinary beauty and complexity. In this gallery, you can hear some of his favorite recordings.

I opted for a pony cart for the seven miles through the rugged Gap of Dunloe, carved by ancient glaciers. Fields, waterfalls, stony glacial moraine --I heard my echo from the cliffs.

Pilgrims visiting a holy cave along the Amarnath Yatra route in Kashmir in the Himalaya are melting and polluting the glaciers.

Criminal gangs are becoming a threat to the world’s glaciers, which are already receding as a result of climate change, the United Nations said today, citing a case in Chile where police are investigating the theft of some 5,000 kilograms of millennia-old ice from the Jorge Montt glacier.

"Le recul des glaciers est spectaculaire. Nul besoin de photos d'archives en...

Good amount of snowfall has not only rejuvenated the glaciers of Himachal Pradesh, but also proved beneficial for tourism industry of the state, with scores of tourists heading to the hill state.

Photographs never quite capture the sparkling blue tint of glacial ice, so when I visited the Perito Moreno glacier in Patagonia on a backpacking trip through South America some years ago, I was happy to get this camera angle: the blue of the Argentine flag gives you a sense of what the blue of the [...]

Research is under way in Antarctica to study ecological connectivity among streams, lakes, glaciers, soils and weather.

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the international scientific body on climate change, has said the Himalayan glaciers were "undoubtedly" melting.

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to build 59 reservoirs among its ice-capped mountains to harness the water run-off from melting glaciers.