Melting Glaciers: Clues to Climate Change
Educator Resources for "Melting Glaciers: Clues to Climate Change"
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Glaciers are a valuable key to understanding the conditions of Earth in both the past and the present. Find out what clues they hold about ancient climate, as well as what they can predict about its future.
- What is an ice core?
- What elements get trapped in ice cores?
- What do ice cores tell scientists about the climate history of the Earth?
- What proof do scientists have that our climate is warming?
- Why is the Quelccaya glacier unique? What has been happening to the glacier in recent decades?
- Of what use is the information that scientists are collecting?
Related Links
- Fastest Glacier in Greenland Doubles Speed
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/jakobshavn.html
Find out what scientists are learning about a particularly speedy glacier in Greenland. - Glaciers Surge when Ice Shelf “Brakes” Break Up
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/glacier_breakup.html
Learn more about how glaciers point to important changes in our climate. - Sizing Up the Earth’s Glaciers
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/GLIMS/
What are the dangers of glacier melt around the world? Scientists across the globe are racing to find out. - Monitoring Glaciers to Watch Global Warming
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Glaciers/
Read all about the various hi-tech tools and methods being used to study glaciers here.
