Tag: glacier
The “third pole” is melting at record speed!
Scientists usually refer to the Himalayas as “Third pole”. Because its glaciers contain the third largest amount of ice in the world. And today, researchers are revealing to us that,…
In the heart of the ice, the secrets of the climate
The analysis of the ice obtained by coring allows to reconstruct the variations of the temperature and the chemical composition of theatmosphere in the past, and that until approximately 400,000…
Erratic block: what is it?
An erratic boulder represents a boulder of various sizes and types, isolated and with no apparent link with its geological environment. They can be found in the middle of the…