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Conserving Our Oceans of Ice: Glacier, Glacier, Gone….
Whoa.
Check out this short video, by David Breashears–mountaineer, photographer and filmmaker–which recounts his research and photography of retreating glaciers.
Study the striking loss of glacier mass between 1921 and 2007 at AsiaSociety.org.
The dotted line shows the Main Rongbuk Glacier’s height in 1921. This photo from 2007 reveals a loss of 320 vertical feet in ice mass since George Mallory took the same photograph in 1921.
“If current melt rates continue, these glaciers will be unable to maintain mass balance, ultimately disrupting the water supply to hundreds of millions of people downstream.” ~Asia Society
If you find melting ice as fascinating as I do, you’ll want to check out the award-winning documentary film, The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning.
Our daily conservation and recycling actions can save energy, avoid waste CO2 and help conserve these magnificent oceans of ice for our landscapes and our kids.
Author bio. The founder of myEARTH360.com (a proud sponsor of the The Antarctica Challenge screenings at the International Polar Year Conference) plus I Count for myEARTH, Lynn is also a contributing editor to a number of online environment focused publications.
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