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Changes
in
the
extent
and
stability
of
ice
shelves
in
the
Antarctic
Peninsula
prompted
National
Snow
and
Ice
Data
Center
(NSIDC)
to
begin
a
monitoring
program
using
data
from
the
their
high
resolution
images,
local
area
coverage
and
advanced
very
high
resolution
radiometer
imagery.
NSIDC
regularly
reviews
images
of
those
ice
shelves
considered
susceptible
to
rapid
change
due
to
climatic
warming.
The
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The
National
Snow
and
Ice
Data
Center
(NSIDC)
archives
and
distributes
snow
and
sea
ice
products
derived
from
the
Moderate
Resolution
Imaging
Spectroradiometer
(MODIS)
on
the
NASA
Earth
Observing
System
(EOS)
Terra
satellite.
MODIS
data
may
help
scientists
understand
the
Earth
as
a
system,
facilitating
their
ability
to
predict
global
climate
changes
and
to
differentiate
between
the
impact
of
human
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This
site
from
SERC's
Starting
Point
features
Gallery
Walk
questions
about
glaciers.
The
questions
examine
glacial
features,
crops
on
outwash
plains,
the
relationship
between
albedo
and
temperature,
the
relationship
between
worldwide
glacier
ice
volume
and
sea
level,
and
glacier
mass
balance.
The
questions
are
organized
according
to
the
cognitive
level
at
which
students
are
engaged,
using
Bloom's
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This site features a collection of visual resources about glaciers. Diagrams, images and animations reveal how a glacier forms, advances and retreats. These resources can be integrated into lectures, labs or other activities.
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This
Flash
animated
slide
show
with
accompanying
audio
illustrates
the
evolution
of
an
alpine
environment
from
a
fluvial
V
shaped
valley
landscape
to
a
glaciated
U
shaped
valley
landscape.
It
also
shows
the
advance
and
regression
of
glaciers
and
the
reestablishment
of
post
glacial
streams
and
hanging
valleys.
This
visualization
is
from
Chapter
20
(Glacier
Systems
and
the
Ice
Age)
of
the
animations
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20,000 year morph animation of the Ross Ice Shelf
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Close up animation of Antarctica morphing from 20,000 years ago to the current day. (View centered on the Ronne Ice shelf.)
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Animation of Ronne Ice Shelf morphing through the past 20,000 years -
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20,000 years ago to the present. Based on model data.
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Morph animation of 20,000 year old Antarctica to the present
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20,000 years ago to present day.
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