GLACIERS
Glaciers are important features in Earth’s water cycle and affect the volume, variability, and water quality of runoff in areas where they occur. In a way, glaciers are just frozen rivers of ice flowing downhill. Glaciers begin life as snowflakes.
The benefits detailed in the paper include freshwater for drinking, glacial runoff that supports hydropower, carbon sequestration, water temperature regulation, and water purification. As climate change works on glacial ecosystems, humans may see a temporary uptick in the useful aspects of glaciers, albeit briefly
GLACIERS
- GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY
- ICE
Glaciers are important features in Earth’s water cycle and affect the volume, variability, and water quality of runoff in areas where they occur. In a way, glaciers are just frozen rivers of ice flowing downhill. Glaciers begin life as snowflakes.
- 1) Glaciers are huge masses of ice that “flow” like very slow rivers.
- 2) Glaciers form the largest reservoir of fresh water on the planet. …
- 3) Today, glaciers cover around 10% of the Earth’s total land area.