glaciers Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:49:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Besides Climate Change, Here’s Another Factor That Melts Glaciers in Greenland https://www.greenoptimistic.com/besides-climate-change-heres-another-factor-melts-glaciers-greenland-20180207/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/besides-climate-change-heres-another-factor-melts-glaciers-greenland-20180207/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:49:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=65142 While everyone has been alarmed by the consequences of climate change on polar ice caps and glaciers, scientists have confirmed the existence of yet another factor contributing to the melting of ice sheets in Greenland. This time, it is completely a natural phenomenon, not induced by human activities. When a glacier, which has a bedrock […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/besides-climate-change-heres-another-factor-melts-glaciers-greenland-20180207/feed/ 0 65142 Research Shows How Fast Glaciers Respond to Climate Change https://www.greenoptimistic.com/research-shows-how-fast-glaciers-respond-to-climate-change-20120915/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/research-shows-how-fast-glaciers-respond-to-climate-change-20120915/#respond Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:51:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26013 We may be familiar with the saying, “at a glacier’s pace,” but when it comes to climate change, new research is showing a surprising response. “One of the questions scientists have been asking is how long it takes for these huge chunks of ice to respond to a global climate phenomenon,” said study co-author Jason […]

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