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Shoshi Parks October 18, 2018 Share this article There’s no denying the catastrophic impact climate change is having—and will have—on the planet. But in Norway, melting glaciers are revealing immaculately preserved relics from the Viking Age. At the Leirvassbu Mountain Lodge, a way-station for Norwegian trekkers since the late 19th century, the young man behind […]
Enlarge / A large portion of these two Tibetan glaciers suddenly collapsed in 2016, breaking apart and sliding downslope. (credit: Google Maps) The melting of glaciers around the world is one of the hardest to ignore impacts of climate change (unless you don’t believe your eyes). While worries about rising sea levels are focused on […]
Climate change has allowed archaeologists to find more than 2,000 ancient artifacts under perennial ice in Norway’s Oppland Mountains. However, the melting process actually poses a threat to the delicate discoveries. Home to peaks such as the 2,439 meter Galdhoppigen, the region in central Norway also holds secrets of ancient civilisations dating back to the […]
Rapid collapse of Antarctic glaciers could flood coastal cities by the end of this century. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a1f4e7f0cb1f52c24d06716/master/pass/glacier-TAFA.jpg Feed: All Latest
It’s safe to say that melting glaciers and ice sheets are bad things: they raise ocean levels and risk flooding low-lying coastal areas. But which of these icy bodies do you have to worry about in your area? NASA might help. It recently developed a technique that can determine which glaciers and sheets pose a […]
Published time: 15 May, 2017 17:24 Global warming has sapped Glacier National Park of its once-abundant ice sheets, according to the US Geological Survey, which says just 26 active glaciers remain at the protected wilderness area in Montana. Dubbed the ‘Crown of the Continent,’ the popular North American tourist attraction was once home to an […]
Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images APRIL 7, 2017 —Just weeks after a high court in the Indian state of Uttarakhand granted legal personhood to the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, the same court recently extended that same standing to the Gangotri and Yamunotri glaciers that feed them. The finding follows New Zealand’s mid-March passage of a law recognizing […]
