Essays about: "the shrinking earth"

Found 3 essays containing the words the shrinking earth.

  1. 1. Implications of a rapidly thinning ice-margin for annual moraine formation at Gornergletscher, Switzerland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Lukas Rettig; [2020]
    Keywords : Recessional moraines; Ice-marginal processes; Glacier retreat; Glacial geomorphology; Glacial sedimentology; Alpine glaciers; Swiss Alps; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This study examines genetic processes and climatological significance of annual moraine formation in the foreland of Gornergletscher, a large alpine-valley glacier located in the southern Swiss Alps. A particular focus is set on moraine ridges that have been forming between 2007 and 2019, a period when the glacier has been subject to accelerated retreat and pronounced frontal thinning. READ MORE

  3. 2. The melting Himalayas : examples of water harvesting techniques

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Emma Johansson; [2012]
    Keywords : water harvesting; glacier; climate change; Himalaya; artificial icings; klimatförändringar; glaciär; glacier grafting; konstgjord svallis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Himalayan glaciers are both growing and shrinking as a response to global climate change. The major trend is a loss of ice sheets, especially among the smaller glaciers. As glaciers retreat there is a change in hydrology and seasonal water availability both upstream and downstream of the river basins. READ MORE

  4. 3. Testing shopping experience and behavior for distant shopping by focus on communication between web shops and consumer

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Textilhögskolan

    Author : MUHAMMAD RIZWAN RAFIQUE; MUHAMMAD USMAN SAEED ARIAN; [2010]
    Keywords : consumer behaviour;

    Abstract : Planet earth is shrinking due to the virtual world. Internet applications all over the world have now made it necessary for the people to make internet a part of daily life. This advent is leaving its impression on all industries and especially the clothing industry. E-commerce is a business application of internet all over the world. READ MORE