Alaska Climate Change: Glaciers Shrink as Average Temperatures Go Up

July 28, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Alaska has warmed twice as fast as the rest of the world in the last 50 years. This summer, it’s feeling the heat with record temperatures.

NASA Tracks the Future of Asia’s Glaciers

June 30, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Asia’s high mountains are a crucial freshwater source to one-seventh of the world’s population. Snow and glaciers in these mountains contain the largest volume of freshwater outside of Earth’s polar ice sheets, leading hydrologists to nickname this region the “third pole.”
Rapid changes in the region’s climate, however, are affecting glacier flows and snowmelt. Local people are already modifying their land-use practices in response to the changing supply, and the region’s ecology is transforming. Scientists estimate that by 2100, these glaciers could be up to 75% smaller in volume.
NASA’s satellites observe and measure snow and ice cover remotely with multiple types of sensors. This allows scientists to create an authoritative estimate of the water budget of this region and a set of products local policy makers can use in responding to hazards and planning for a changing water supply.

Prof Jonathan Bamber on ‘Tipping Points’ for Greenland and Antarctic Glaciers

March 23, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

The Carbon Brief interview with Prof. Jonathan Bamber, professor of glaciology at the University of Bristol and the current president of the European Geosciences Union (EGU).

Music credit: Into Infinity artists Unrecognisable Now, Naohito Uchiyama, Languis (CC BY-NC 3.0 US).

“Once that [the surface mass balance] becomes negative, the ice sheet is on its way out. That’s one of the thresholds.”
–Prof. Jonathan Bamber, University of Bristol