Monday, February 8, 2010

Glaciers


I am taking a class at Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area. We learned about glaciers and the teacher gave us some homework. here is somthing that I found out about the Carbon Glacier:

  • Name of glaicer: Carbon Glacier

  • Location of glacier: Mount Ranier

  • Type of glacier: Mountain glacier

  • How it has changed in size over time: In 1970s, growing. Currently, shrinking.


This information came from the National Snow and Ice Data Center, and from the National Park Service site on Mount Rainier. I also saw a video on Discovery Streaming about glaciers called Glaciers: Movers and Shapers. Here's the video:

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