Posts for tag "glacier"
Collecting Data at the Top of the World: How Scientists Retrieve Glacial Ice Cores
A helicopter touches down in the small town of Sicuani, Peru, at an elevation of 11,644 feet. Earlier that day, a boxcar brought fuel, drills, food, and other equipment for a glacial expedition. The year is 1979,...
- Posted March 18, 2024
Study Of 120 Years Of Data Shows Today’s Glacier Melt Unprecedented
Scientists at the World Glacier Monitoring Service at the University of Zurich have found that glaciers all over the world are melting at unprecedented rates, according to a recent University of Zurich press release. Although exact measurements...
- Posted August 6, 2015
