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Glaciers

Glaciers. and frozen water. What we will learn. What is a glacier? What is an iceberg? How do glaciers shape the land? How do glaciers affect the weather and the oceans? Should glaciers be melting? Have there always been glaciers?. Glaciers. A glacier is a large mass of snow and ice.

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Glaciers

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  1. Glaciers and frozen water

  2. What we will learn • What is a glacier? • What is an iceberg? • How do glaciers shape the land? • How do glaciers affect the weather and the oceans? • Should glaciers be melting? • Have there always been glaciers?

  3. Glaciers • A glacier is a large mass of snow and ice. • There are different types of glaciers. • Glaciers can and do move. • Glaciers grow and recede. • Glaciers alter the land underneath them.

  4. Types of Glaciers • Valley Glacier • Continental Ice Sheets • Ice Caps • Piedmont Glaciers • A single glacier may have stages of multiple types

  5. Valley Glacier A valley glacier or alpine glacier travels between two mountain ridges. Over time, it will deepen, widen, and straighten the valley. Examples of valley glaciers include: Muldrow, Hubbard, and Barry glaciers in Alaska Rhone Glacier in Switzerland

  6. Continental Ice Sheet Glacier There are two continental ice sheets. Combined they cover almost 10% of the Earth’s land. If they both melted, the oceans would rise by hundreds of feet. Examples: Antarctica Greenland

  7. Ice Cap Ice cap glaciers cover islands at high latitudes and mountain tops at high elevations. Examples: Iceland Baffin, Devon, and other Arctic islands Kilamanjaro in Africa (maybe?)

  8. Piedmont Glacier When a valley glacier spreads out at the base of steep mountains, it may spread out to form a piedmont glacier. Examples: Malaspina in Alaska

  9. Tidewater Glacier Glaciers that terminate at sea are called tidewater glaciers. Here, the zone of wastage is found where the glacier meets the water. The glacier calves (breaks off in chunks) into the sea. Examples: Hubbard Glacier- St Elias National Park, Alaska. Tyndall Glacier- St. Elias National Park, Alaska

  10. Calving

  11. Extreme Ice Survey • The Extreme Ice Survey is a project funded by National Geographic, NASA, and NSF. They monitor the overall health of the worlds glaciers. • http://www.extremeicesurvey.org/ • EIS on Google Earth • http://www.extremeicesurvey.org/files/84791238080472Extreme-Ice-Survey.kml

  12. Extreme Ice • PBS Special • http://video.pbs.org/video/1108763899/

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