Donnerstag, 7. Juli 2011

The discovery of the periglacial realm

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The term periglacial was introduced by the Polish geologist Walery von Lozinsk in 1910 and 1911 to describe the particular mechanical weat...
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Freitag, 18. Februar 2011

Climate research in the geologic past

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Fig.1. Global map as published by Lyell in his " Principles of Geology " (8th edition 1850) to illustrate the past climatic change...
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Dienstag, 11. Januar 2011

Glacier outburst floods threat

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Glaciers can influence societies in their catchment area in different ways, they act as a water storage for dry summers , but glaciers can a...
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Montag, 10. Januar 2011

Modeling Glacier Change 2000-2100

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According to a simulation by researchers of the University of Alaska (RADIC, V. & HOCK, R.) and based on various scenarios of precipita...
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Montag, 3. Januar 2011

Cool Science at Scientific American

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Since antiquity snow-covered peaks have been ignored, avoided or even feared by men - up here apparently there was nothing to be gained. ...
Dienstag, 21. Dezember 2010

The discovery of the ruins of ice

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"It has already been said, that no small part of the present work refers to the nature and phenomena of glaciers. It may be well, the...
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Samstag, 26. Juni 2010

Geology and Cyclicity: Milankovitch´s idea

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"I do not think that's my duty to teach to the ignorant the most basic things, and I have never forced anyone to accept my theory...