Scientists have warned that the consequences of melting glaciers

Concerned about the glaciers on Earth

Newspaper comprehensive news, global warming, environmental deterioration since the last century, had attracted wide attention, and become long-term pressure on people's hearts of stone. Recently, the EU carried out a study on melting glaciers in Europe and Central Asia research. Person in charge of Austrian scientists published a report Häusler that the melting glaciers in the situation continues to deteriorate, and it is far from realized its severity.

Over the past 150 years, the area of ​​glaciers on the planet has been shrinking, but over the past 30 years, significantly accelerating the pace of change. According to British newspaper "Independent" reported a research study, many glaciers are now melting faster than improve the situation with the long-term average of 100 times. "Astonishing" number of alerts to the earth: to seek ways to improve the grim situation of the current melting glaciers, is imminent.

Greenland ice melt last year, the fastest

According to Xinhua News Agency reported that "the world continues to warm," National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has provided to the media in a briefing reporters said. Last year was the Greenland ice cap melting 50 years, the fastest of the year, further "accurately" global climate is changing confirm the theory.

The study found that Arctic sea ice shrinking again. By area, last year to record shrinkage of Arctic sea ice since the third a small area. At the same time, the Alpine glaciers continue to melt, glacier last year became the first 20 years of continuous contraction. Direct impact of climate change Arctic ice melting faster. Rising sea levels caused by melting glaciers will have a direct threat to human habitation, the coastal areas and low lying areas will be swallowed by the sea. Norwegian environmental organization, "the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Project," had warned that the Arctic glaciers and sea ice melting faster than expected, by 2100, the phenomenon of melting Arctic ice could raise sea level 1.6 meters.

Scientists have warned that the consequences of melting glaciers

According to Xinhua News Agency, the University of Vienna, Austria Hermann Häusler environmental geographer recently warned that the rapid melting of glaciers will not only alter local geological conditions, can also cause other catastrophic consequences, and even endanger the lives of local human .

Häusler said that global warming makes the "vast majority of the world's glaciers' melting phenomena have emerged, its size and thickness are reduced, which not only changed the landscape of local highland areas, and most likely trigger floods and landslides . Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, the Tianshan Mountains, 80 km long glacier, is the world's longest plateau glaciers. The existence of huge glaciers melting problem. The study found that there appeared a mountain lake on a regular basis, and the lake will cause flooding almost every year.

Arctic ice thickness of the first pictures showing how

Newspaper comprehensive news, the British research group has produced the first batch of pictures to reflect the thickness of polar ice, scientists hope this will help us better understand the impact of climate change. These pictures by the European Space Agency satellite detection of polar ice sheets, "Kelisaite" shooting.

The task of the principal investigators, said Professor Duncan temperature Hotspur, polar ice melting global warming is to prove that some of the most powerful evidence, but the satellite data collected will also help scientists better understand climate change and polar relationship. This is because "Kelisaite" is the first one to measure Arctic sea ice volume, rather than to the surface of the ice volume of the satellite, this change is essential. He said: "In some years, the wind will not accumulate or continue the accumulation of ice, from its coverage that it can melt the case, but only when you cover the area of ​​information together with the ice thickness information only when the total volume of that ice. To answer the question of ice melted, about these very necessary. "