Navy: Missing plane wreckage found off Texas coast Nov 17, 2009
Almost three years after a glacier 70 miles east of Fresno surrendered the first of two mummified airmen, their 66-year-old crash remains one of many enduring aviation mysteries in the sprawling Sierra Nevada. Hundreds of military and private aircraft have fallen here, victims of some of the world s most dangerous winds, sudden storms, no-way-out canyons or even their own mistakes. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Climate change is a contact sport, expert says Nov 7, 2009
"Whats this? Expanding glaciers? Hows that happening?". From the link: "BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures. Nourished by Andean snowmelt, the glacier constantly grows even as it spawns icebergs the size of apartment buildings... ." ... Melting snow from the mountains sustains a glacier at one end as it breaks up at the other end. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Kilimanjaro's Snows Gone by 2022? Nov 3, 2009
For decades scientists have documented the disappearing glaciers on Kilimanjaro, whose peak is Africa's highest point ... " Kilimanjaro's Thinning Ice Is Deceptive Thompson and his colleagues have studied Kilimanjaro's dwindling ice for several decades. The mountain, they say, has lost 85 percent of its glacial ice since 1912. What's more, 26 percent of the ice that remained in 2000 was gone by 2007, the last time Kilimanjaro's ice was precisely mapped. Related Video: Introduction to Kilimanjaro... (National Geographic)
Photos: Halloween Hauntings Nov 1, 2009
Jessica Jones walks Saturday in front her family's haunted house on Glacier Avenue. Her mother and sister dressed as spirits and ghouls to greet trick-or- treaters. (Juneau Empire)
SVHS royalty Oct 23, 2009
Last summer he accompanied National Geographic Photographer Joel Sartore on a shoot at Glacier National Park in Montana. After high school he hopes to attend San Francisco State University to pursue a degree in photojournalism. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Sept. 18: Travel Briefs Oct 9, 2009
In print, Conde Nast Traveler mentions Glacier National Park in Montana, known for its Going-to-the-Sun Road; Great Smoky National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, 75 years old this year and the most popular national park in the country, with 9 million visitors; Olympic National Park in Washington, with glacier-capped mountains and temperate rainforests; Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, known for wildlife like bison and elk as well as spectacular geothermal features like its famous... (Carroll County Times, MD)
Winter hours begin at visitor center Sep 22, 2009
JUNEAU - The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center will begin its winter operating hours on Friday ... JUNEAU - The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center will begin its winter operating hours on Friday. (Juneau Empire)
Construction by Chinese army across Karakoram: J&K report Sep 14, 2009
It also plays a major geographic role in the dispute between Pakistan and India over control of the Siachen Glacier area immediately to the west of the pass. This situation arose from the Simla Agreement, signed in 1972 between India and Pakistan, when the treaty failed to specify the last 100 km of ceasefire line from end of the Line of Control to Karakoram Pass. (India Times, India)
Glacial Loss Spurs Warning Sep 11, 2009
As five European foreign ministers meet in Copenhagen to prepare for an agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, scientists in Greenland are warning about accelerated glacier melts. Several years ago, scientists reported that the Helheim Glacier, suddenly and without warning, had begun accelerating, spitting icebergs ever faster into the ocean off southeastern Greenland ... Other Greenland glaciers made similar accelerations. (National Geographic)
Arctic temperatures hitting 2,000-year high Sep 4, 2009
First, rising temperatures in the Arctic could melt glaciers faster, threatening coastal cities as sea levels rise ... Working on tiny floating platforms, scientists drew out cores and read them much like tree rings, with layers of mud deposited each year from melting glaciers ... Thicker layers represented warmer summers, when glaciers melted faster, depositing more mud; thinner layers represented cooler summers. (AZCentral)
What energy, climate proposals mean to you Sep 1, 2009
Unfortunately, most scientists fear that unless that goal drops to 350 ppm, sea rise will be aggravated by far faster glacier melt than anticipated. (Original United Nations 2005 predictions of levels of glacier melt by 2050 have now been revised to within 10 years from now ... Sea rise of only a few feet anticipated in conservative scenarios will cost trillions of dollars and a loss of major coastal development and scientists have discovered that as glaciers melt, more carbon is... (Nogales International, AZ)
Highway projects gearing up under stimulus Aug 23, 2009
n Rehabilitation of Glacier County highway, 12 ... n Reconstruction of St. Mary's Road on the east of Glacier National Park, 6. (Montana Standard, MT)
Geography students find route to Juneau Jul 25, 2009
Geography major Nick Korzen, left, and environmental science major David Sauer work on a remote weather station last winter in front of the Mendenhall Glacier ... "Geography can be almost anything, said Eran Hood, an associate professor of environmental science who is spearheading the new degree offerings at UAS. In Juneau, the two new degrees, a bachelor of arts and a bachelor of science, are associated with the school's environmental science program. The University of Alaska Board of Regents... (Juneau Empire)
A global model for the origin of species independent of geographical isolation Jul 18, 2009
The first requires a physical barrier such as a glacier, mountain or body of water to separate organisms enabling groups to diverge until they become separate species. In the second, an environment favors specific characteristics within a species, which encourages divergence as members fill different roles in an ecosystem. (EurekAlert!)
Friends welcome summer on Glacier’s snow for Ray Day Jul 16, 2009
Friends welcome summer on Glacier s snow for Ray Day ... But there is no substitute for the experience itself, and I was never more grateful for my induction to this guild of outlaws and misfits than last month, when Glacier National Park s Going-To-The-Sun Road finally opened and Ray Day 2009 began in earnest, eclipsing the solstice as our official seasonal index ... I first boot-kicked a jack ladder of steps into the steep, radiant snow above Glacier National Park s Logan Pass in 2005, an... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Alaska skies hazy from wildfires Jul 14, 2009
Two new fires broke out in an unusual area at Denali National Park -- at the base of the Ruth Glacier. One burning in thick vegetation was put out. (Anchorage Daily News)
Skiing to the sun - Havre-ites, friends welcome summer on Glacier’s snow for Ray Day Jul 10, 2009
Missoulian: Skiing to the sun - Havre-ites, friends welcome summer on Glacier s snow for Ray Day ... Skiing to the sun - Havre-ites, friends welcome summer on Glacier s snow for Ray DayBy TRISTAN SCOTT of the Missoulian ... to attend Ray Day, Christopher West enjoys his hard-earned turns down a steep snowfield above Glacier National Park s Logan Pass. (Missoulian, MT)
Polar blog: 'Something afoot in the Arctic' Jul 8, 2009
PETERMANN GLACIER, Greenland -- I'm writing this blog from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a cold katabatic wind is blowing off the ice onto the deck of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise ... Over the past week we've placed GPS trackers and time-lapse cameras on and around the Petermann Glacier, in anticipation of it losing a piece of ice around 100 square kilometers in size ... Massive cracks are spearing across the "tongue" of this enormous floating ice shelf (16km wide and... (CNN)
Cruise West Announces 2010 Alaska Deployment Featuring Revised Itineraries Jun 26, 2009
Four-night departures will be offered on Glacier Bay Highlights and Glaciers of Prince William Sound voyages, and the popular 10-night Gold Rush Inside Passage returns with a new port of call ... Guests spend one full day exploring both historical Sitka where a choice of additional shore excursions awaits, and World Heritage Site Glacier Bay National Park ... Further, the 84-guest Spirit of Discovery will operate 24 departures of the four-night Glacier Bay Highlights itinerary, roundtrip from... (PR Newswire)
Mystery Glaciers Growing As Most Others Retreat Jun 23, 2009
Two South American glaciers are displaying strange behavior for the times: They're growing. Most of the 50 massive glaciers draped over the spine of the Patagonian Andes are shrinking in response to a , said Andr ... But the Perito Moreno glacier in and Pio XI glacier in are taking on ice, instead of shedding it. (National Geographic)
Coalition petitioning for Glacier Park protections Jun 22, 2009
WEST GLACIER Glacier National Park and its neighbor to the north are endangered by mining proposals, and the international community must intervene to protect the region's natural and cultural heritage ... Glacier, along with adjacent Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada, was named a World Heritage Site in 1995, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ... Our petition puts forth a conclusive case that strip mines and coalbed mining in the headwaters of the... (Missoulian, MT)
Ultrasmall Microbes Revived After 120,000 Years On Ice Jun 18, 2009
H. glaciei, for example, is thought to have survived in thin capillaries of nutrient-rich water in the Greenland glacier that would have been too tight a fit for larger bacteria. Ultramicrobacteria may also be similar to the types of life that might be found in the icy environments of other worlds, such as the polar caps of or the frozen sea of 's moon Europa, Loveland-Curtze said. (National Geographic)
Let the hiking begin: New maps are out May 24, 2009
New close-detail maps of Glacier National Park and the North Fork of the Flathead River await hikers this spring ... The North Fork map concentrates on Glacier's western half, with a scale of 1:50,000 and 50-foot contour lines ... The Glacier map also includes parts of the Great Bear Wilderness and Waterton Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. (Missoulian, MT)
Marketing state as nothing is something May 13, 2009
In the ads, the motto "THERE'S NOTHING HERE" runs as the marquee text across wilderness photos of Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park, locations that research indicates most people visit on their first trip to the state ... "Nothing but fresh huckleberry pie for breakfast with a friendly conversation on the side" reads the text accompanying the Glacier ad. (Montana Standard, MT)
Alaska 50th-Anniversary Travel: Rare-Access Small-Group Alaska Grizzly Bear Eco Tours May 13, 2009
Kayak in Glacier Bay National Park, helicopter to the Juneau Icefield, and visit brown bears of Pack Creek and black bears of Anan ... Calving glaciers, Katmai National Park grizzlies, and a deluxe backcountry lodge add to this 13-day small-group tour of wild Alaska. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Bipolar Disorder May 6, 2009
We were walking up a glacier in a place called Charlotte's Bay, a deep, blue sea surrounded by a giant circle of falling glaciers ... I thought about running away from the ship, scrambling up the glacier, and heading south, way south, toward the South Pole itself. (Slate)
Centerra Gold Reports First Quarter Results Apr 30, 2009
The intersections in both of these holes are within 90 metres of surface, below the Lysii glacier, and 160 metres from the northeast end of Central Pit ... The production in the second quarter will be negatively affected by the mining activities related to sustaining the cutback of the ice creep into the pit from the Davidov glacier ... See "Non-GAAP Measures below. Major Assumptions and SensitivitiesThe following material assumptions have been updated from the prior disclosed guidance in light... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Glacier "Bleeds" Proof of Million-Year-Old Life-Forms Apr 17, 2009
Gushing from a glacier, rust-stained Blood Falls contains evidence that microbes have survived in prehistoric seawater deep under ice for perhaps millions of years, a new study says. The colony of microscopic life-forms may have been trapped when 's then advancing Taylor Glacier reached into the ocean 1 ... Mikucki and colleagues captured and analyzed a bit of the extremely salty, iron-rich liquid which seems to be concentrated seawater fresh from Taylor Glacier. (National Geographic)
Travel pros pick the best cruises available Apr 1, 2009
When it comes to offering the Best Excursions, food and travel writer Janice Wald Henderson, among others, says Crystal Cruises leaves "its competitors in the dust." Before and during the cruise, Crystal's agents can arrange trips for passengers of every persuasion from sedentary voyagers who want simple walking tours to more adventurous travelers who may want to "overnight on a glacier" or go "windsurfing in Turkey.". Indeed, adventure cruises are gaining in popularity, and may range from... (MSNBC -- Travel)
The Cold Facts Of A Melting Arctic Mar 23, 2009
According to Geophysical Institute Quarterly, Jakobshavns Isbrae is the fastest glacier in the world, pumping more than 50 billion tons of ice into the ocean every year ... "The glaciers move a lot faster and they react a lot faster than people imagine." ... Putting those pictures together into a time lapse video, Balog says, "shows you what's happening to the glaciers.". (CBS News)
No More Glaciers in Glacier National Park by 2020? Mar 3, 2009
No More Glaciers in Glacier National Park by 2020 ... No More Glaciers in Glacier National Park by 2020 ... It's an oft-repeated statistic that the glaciers at 's Glacier National Park will disappear by the year 2030. (National Geographic)
Speaker expands knowledge of nature Feb 11, 2009
Although just one-third the size of Glacier National Park, Kaziranga jams together a collection of rhinos, elephants, tigers, wild hogs, deer and other big animals that would overwhelm half of Montana. It's becoming an island, and animals that big need much more than that, Chadwick said. (Missoulian, MT)
Innovation: Google Earth explores oceans Feb 7, 2009
For example, viewers can observe how the largest glacier in Glacier National Park has melted over the past decade. With Google Mars 3D, users can view three-dimensional, satellite imagery of the Red Planet taken during NASA space expeditions. (MSNBC -- Environment)
