MIT Museum Glaciers

To complement the Rivers of Ice exhibit, we'll be tweeting news updates about Himalayan glaciers. Come to the MIT Museum to see the exhibit!

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15 July 2012 glaciologist Lonnie Thompson in Nature News article “there is never a substitute for boots on the ground.” http://t.co/9o6KTadw

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15 July 2012 Recent satellite measurements ��may have mistaken expanding glacial lakes for increases in glacial mass.” http://t.co/9o6KTadw

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15 July 2012 Study published in Nature reported by Nature News “Tibetan glaciers shrinking rapidly.” http://t.co/9o6KTadw

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from Science summary paper: “we recommend the continuation and extension of coordinated transboundary research …” http://t.co/90x0u5JR

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from Science, cont’d “… except for emerging indications of stability or mass gain in the Karakoram.” http://t.co/90x0u5JR

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from Science: “Most Himalayan glaciers are losing mass at rates similar to glaciers elsewhere…” (cont’d), http://t.co/90x0u5JR

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Apr’12 Science publishes summary paper: The State and Fate of Himalayan Glaciers. Quotes coming next http://t.co/90x0u5JR

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unexplained atmospheric general circulation quirk is delivering more snow and less heat to the Karakoram mountain range http://t.co/EqDolGTZ

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Apr'12 Comparison of 2 digital elevation models finds Karakoram glaciers close to equilibrium 1999-2008. http://t.co/AY3ZxTrX

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Pakistani officials: Region is prone to avalanches, but usually at higher altitudes. "It was supposed to be safe." http://t.co/vCSYNqGf

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New Delhi TV has been reporting on unusual snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir this winter: http://t.co/Rtg0Gzgy

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Apr'12 avalanche in Kashmir kills over 100 Pakistani troops after unusually heavy snowfall in winter of 2011-2012.

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Is more snow at high altitudes replacing more melting at lower altitudes?

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Feb’12 “glacial tongues, which extend into the lower altitudes, are melting and down-wasting.” Ulyana Horodyskyj, UCBoulder

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Feb’12 see GRACE results: http://t.co/6swwXVFF

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Feb’12 GRACE satellites see no loss of mass in combined Greater Himalayan glaciers 2003–2010.

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Dec’11 Video Himalaya Glacier Deflates http://t.co/YC8my8pa

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Dec ’11 UColo/USAID study: “international cooperation required for successful H20 resource management across High Asia.”

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Dec ’11 UColo/USAID begins 4 year study of timing and spatial patterns of snow- and ice-melt in Himalaya.

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See Jan’11 findings about debris-covered glaciers:
http://t.co/ho3X0m1D