Essays about: "glaciers"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 97 essays containing the word glaciers.
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6. GIS, tracer test and water balance based hydrological analysis in Tarfala, Northern Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografiAbstract : Current climate change poses a threat to the Arctic due to increasing temperatures, which cause the permafrost and glaciers to melt and thaw. This thesis focused on analyzing water balances in Tarfala catchment between 2000 and 2020 and using GIS as a support for tracer test results measured in Tarfala in 2021. READ MORE
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7. Effects from Firn Density on Radar Derived Depth to Perennial Firn Aquifer, Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapsläraAbstract : As the climate is changing, there are clear impacts on the mass balance of glaciers. A glacier can be defined as the result of sufficient accumulation, in the form of snow and rain, compared to its ablation, the different types of glacial loss, a balance that then determines the size of the glacier. READ MORE
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8. A CINEMATIC VILLAGE FOR A CHANGING LANDSCAPE - AN ALPINE ROMANTIC STORY
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : Climate change has already had noticeable effects on the environment. Glaciers are retreating, ice on lakes and rivers is melting earlier, plant and animal species have relocated, and trees are blooming sooner. READ MORE
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9. Adapting to melting glaciers : how Western Himalayan societies frame climate change and adaptation
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The glaciers of the Hindu-Kush Himalayas region flow into 10 major river basins and sustain nearly 2 billion people, with 250 million being directly dependent on them for freshwater sources while a further 1.65 billion rely on their outflows. READ MORE
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10. Analysing seasonal snow cover trends and patterns on Svalbard
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapsläraAbstract : Rapid warming in the Arctic is highly impacting the cryosphere in the region, causing melting of the sea ice, retreat of glaciers and reduction in the snow cover. If suffering further temperature increase, the albedo of the region would reduce due to higher absorption of the solar radiation in snow-free areas. READ MORE