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Is Skiing Dead Due To Global Warming?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer alpine, Arapahoe Basin, Aspen, Berkshire East, Breckenridge, global warming, ice, Jiminy Peak, mountains, POW, Protect Our Winters, resort, ski, skier, skiing dead, snow, snowmelt, Squaw Valley, Vail, Whistler, Wolf Peak

Is skiing dead due to global warming? It depends on whether we can get our carbon emissions in check by the middle of this century….

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Arctic Warming: Keeping Ice = Saving Climate

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Alaska, Arctic, Arctic warming, carbon foot print, carbon footprint, glaciation, glaciers, ice, ice shelf, melt-out, melting, NOAA, polar bear, Q&A, TerraPass, Ward Hunt Ice Shelf

The Arctic is an “indicator region” for the rest of the planet: small changes there can have profound ecosystem impacts elsewhere in the world…

Vatnajokull, the largest glacier in Europe.

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Interview: Craig Benson

Ethan Goffman geothermal, glacier, ice, Iceland, receding

Craig Benson, Chemistry Professor, Montgomery College and co-organizer of the sustainability tour. EarthTalk: Could you say a little about the health of Iceland’s glaciers? Benson: Absolutely. The health of Iceland’s glaciers is pretty poor overall. Glaciers are receding around the world, including here in Iceland. Virtually all glaciers are in that receding phase right now. […]

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How will Antarctic melting affect coastlines?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctic, Antarctica, British Antarctic Survey, climate change, glacier, global warming, ice, melting, National Snow & Ice Data Center

Dear EarthTalk: To what extent is Antarctica really melting and what impact might it have on coastlines around the world? — Andrea Hutchinson, Cary, NC The Antarctic continent, roughly the size of the United States and Mexico combined, is composed of rock covered by glaciers some 16,000 feet thick. The glaciers form from fallen snow compacting […]