Bering Glacier Melting Faster Than Scientists Thought
Aug 29th, 2008 by Kay |
I’m starting to collect news about environmental issues here.
Bering Glacier Melting Faster Than Scientists Thought
A new system of measuring water melt shows that the Bering Glacier–the largest glacier in North America–is melting at double the rate that scientists thought. The glacier is releasing approximately 30 cubic kilometers of water a year, more than twice the amount of water in the entire Colorado River, said Robert Shuchman, co-director of the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI)
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