Satellite images reveal dramatic tropical glacier retreat—Decline of ice sheet in Papua New Guinea…

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https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/satellite-images-reveal-dramatic-tropical-glacier-retreat

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Satellite images reveal dramatic tropical glacier retreat[/font]
[font size=4]Decline of ice sheet in Papua New Guinea revealed[/font]

Mr Andrew Merrington
Senior Media & Communications Officer
14 April 2016

[font size=3]Scientists have obtained high resolution satellite images that paint a stark picture of how tropical glaciers in the Pacific have retreated over the past decade.

The images taken from the Pleaides satellites reveal that the formerly extensive Carstenz Glacier of West Papua has almost completely disappeared, while the once continuous East North Wall Firn has split into a number of much smaller fragments.

The findings have been released by scientists at Plymouth University and the Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth (BRNC) and come on the heels of record-breaking temperatures around the globe.

Dr Chris Lavers, Lecturer in Radar and Telecommunications, based at BRNC, said:

“The years 2011-2015 have been the warmest five-year period on record, with many extreme weather events influenced by climate change. So it is not surprising then that the present observed speed of glacier retreat world wide has been historically unprecedented. This is visual confirmation of the ablation of equatorial glaciers, with the Carstenz Glacier revealed to have almost completely melted away in the last 15 years.”

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[Peace Patriot]

1. Yeah, but "whore"!

70 yr old woman here, and I am not distracted. L-o-o-o-ong time feminist. These gals who obsess over a word have a lot of time on their hands. Some of us have to work. Some of us know that character and actions are more important than a stray word. Some of us know that feminism is not a parlor game.

If they have time on their hands, why don't they plant a tree or picket a frakker?

Mother Earth is going down for the count. They don't care. Some feminists!

[Nihil]

2. "70 yr old woman here, and I am not distracted" ... "Oh yes you are!"

You appear to have posted in the wrong thread for a start.

[Peace Patriot]

3. No, I did it deliberately.

Obsessed about some guy's use of the word "whore" while the Earth dies.

[Nihil]

4. Ah, apologies ...

I read E/E before going on to any other groups/fora and so hadn't picked up
on the latest molehill being elevated to mountain status ...