Full story and video: http://sites.asiasociety.org/riversofice
Update: [...] two recent studies published in top scientific journals (more here and here) suggest that in the Himalayas the rate of mass loss has been small and overestimated, and that [ ...] in the Karakoram range, the glaciers are actually slightly gaining mass [maar deze gletsjers zijn atypisch omdat er veel rotsen op liggen en ze worden gevoed door lawines van diverse bergflanken; K]. [...] it is not surprising that there are regional variations [...]. Such variability should not, however, distract from the broader and more important story unfolding, which is one of profound and likely irreversible changes to global land and sea ice cover. Taken as a whole, the evidence for sustained changes to the cryosphere is clear. [einde update]
For centuries, glaciers have inspired awe and wonder. The idea that human assault might ever triumph over such powerful features of our natural landscape seemed almost unimaginable. But now climate change is disrupting the ecological balance of the Tibetan Plateau and the mighty glaciers of the Himalaya are, in fact, disappearing.
Rivers of Ice: Vanishing Glaciers of the Greater Himalaya showcases the work of photographer and mountaineer David Breashears, who with Glacier Research Imaging Project (GRIP), has retraced the steps of renowned mountain photographers of the past century to recapture images of these mountains and their glaciers from exactly the same vantage points. Rivers of Ice displays his recent photographs alongside the corresponding historic images, revealing the alarming loss in ice mass that has taken place over the intervening years.
Zie ook:
World’s Glaciers Shrink for 18th Year
By Joe Romm, Climate Progress, January 30, 2009
Ice Volume Of Switzerland’s Glaciers Calculated
Science Daily, 9 juli 2009
Another one bites the dust, literally: Bolivia’s 18,000 year-old Chacaltaya glacier is gone
By Joe Romm, Climate Progress, May 8, 2009
This is all sadly consistent with other recent research - see:
Another climate impact comes faster than predicted: Himalayan glaciers 'decapitated'
And:
AGU 2008: Two trillion tons of land ice lost since 2003
And this country isn’t being spared - see:
Another climate impact coming faster than predicted: Glacier National Park to go glacier-free a decade early
Retreat of Andean Glaciers Foretells Global Water Woes
By Carolyn Kormann, Yale Environment 360, April 11, 2009
De-Icer: USGS report details 'recent dramatic shrinkage” in U.S. glaciers, matching global decline'
Climate Progress, August 8, 2010
Indonesia’s last glacier will melt within years
Climate Progress, Juli 1, 2010
Levensstijl smelt weg met de sneeuw op de bergen van Uganda
Sprekende studie:
New Study Charts Effects of Each Degree of Warming
by John D. Cox, Discovery News, July 16, 2010
Zie ook m'n blognotities:
Aarde verliest vijfhonderd miljard ton ijs per jaar
'IJskap Groenland over tien jaar niet meer te redden'
Studie: Noordpool-ijs kan over 30 jaar zijn verdwenen
Reusachtig stuk ijs breekt af van Antarctica
Zuidpool verliest sneller ijs dan voorspeld
IJskappen smelten mogelijk sneller dan gedacht
IJskappen smelten snel
Zeespiegel van ijsvrije aarde
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