It shrinks?
Posted on 05/27/2015 9:01:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The iconic Mount Everest could see a major loss of its glaciers over the course of this century, according to a new scientific study that its chief author calls the “the first detailed modelling study of all glaciers in the Dudh Koshi basin in the Everest region of Nepal.”
The paper, published Wednesday in the journal The Crocosphere, was authored by glacier researcher Joseph Shea and several colleagues from France and the Netherlands.
“The biggest result here is that the glaciers in the basin, we find them to be more sensitive to temperature than anyone expected before,” says Shea.
To study them, the researchers used a glacier model and fired it with different climate change scenarios based on emissions pathways used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. And they found that in one extreme model run, glacial loss by the year 2100 could be 99 percent.
“The model we’re using is a tool, and there are more complex ways of modeling the glaciers, but we don’t have that information yet,” Shea says. “But this is the tool we’re using, and what that tool is showing is that the glaciers are quite sensitive.”
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Never happen.
It shrinks?
Silly me, I was always taught that ice melts at temps. above 32 deg.F almost everywhere on earth.
1. COULD, not WILL.
2. LIFE writ large on earth will adapt and survive, even humans.
Or they could slide down and melt because of a big friggin earthquake.
We have to act now before it’s too late again.
This is great news. No more avalanches!
When children visit Santa Claus at Southpark Mall in Charlotte, N.C., this year, they*ll be doing it under a faux glacier, rather than a Christmas tree.
The shopping center says the change will make the Santa-visiting experience *fresh and exciting,* but already on social media Friday some were complaining about the replacement of a traditional Christmas symbol.**
More here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article43470480.html#storylink=cpy
Charming and inviting display.
Name *South Park*...doesn't go unnoticed
Kinda looks like the Flintstone mobile rack of ribs.
This PC crap has got me delirious!
I heard they’re turning the ice skating rink at Roc Center, NYC into a ghey bath.
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