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Moving at glacier pace once meant to move hardly at all. No longer. Scientists in Greenland and in Peru are watching glaciers rapidly move forward or retreat, and even disappear at historic rates. Producer Dan Grossman follows several teams as they record the meltdown of some of the world's largestt glaciers.
Links:
Iceland's Melting Glaciers
The country 'Iceland' conjures up the imagery of beautiful landscapes of glaciers, ice sheets and icecaps. But even Iceland cannot escape from the effects of Climate Change.
Warmer Ocean Speeding Greenland Glacier Melt
Researchers Eric Rignot and Isabella Velicogna of NASA measured the melting rate of four glaciars in Greenland and concluded that the melting rates under the ocean are 100 larger that the glacial layers we see at the top.
Wind contributing to Arctic sea ice loss
It is common knowledge that global warming can be associated with the loss of sea ice. But it turns out, High Winds are also a contributing factor.
Books:
 A World Without Ice
by: Henry Pollack, Al Gore 2009
This books illustrates importance of mountain glaciers and, its necessities for sustaining a community and the effects of what would happen when we loose them.
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