Below is the Greenland Connection StoryMap, presented in English. The Greenland Connection comprises six StoryMaps covering: This LINK will open the StoryMap in a new window.
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UK A Level Geography The Greenland Connection StoryMaps are also relevant to the UK A-Level syllabus. These StoryMaps are relevant to the 2026 AQA Geography A-Level Specification. StoryMap StoryMap relevant content Key concepts Curriculum relevance The People of Greenland Scrambles for the ArcticGreenland science today The location of Greenland, it’s ice sheet,
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These pages contain resources to support Geography A Level teachers who want to use the Hidden Landscapes of Greenland StoryMaps in their teaching, either in classroom or as part of an extension activity.
The Greenland Connection is a project funded by the NERC Arctic Office, which aims to illustrate the diversity of people involved in UK-led explorations to Greenland. The Greenland Connection comprises six StoryMaps covering: The StoryMaps are available in English, Danish and Greenlandic. They are written for adults and students aged 16+ and are appropriate for
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In these interactive webmaps, you can explore the Laurentide Ice Sheet through time. The maps are based on the shapefiles and datasets produced by Dalton et al. 2023. The maps are based on a radiocarbon chronology and are presented in calibrated thousands of years before present (cal. ka BP). The Last Glacial Maximum This map
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By Jakob Hamann Introduction: timescale and climate setting at the Last Glacial Maximum The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) marks the coldest interval of the most recent glacial period, occurring between approximately 26,000 and 20,000 years ago. During this time, global temperatures were substantially lower than today, and large ice sheets reached their maximum extent across
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By Jakob Hamann Introduction Large parts of North America have been covered by glaciers and ice sheets in the past. Over roughly the last 2.6 million years – an interval known as the Quaternary Period1 – glaciers advanced and retreated repeatedly as climate shifted between colder and warmer conditions2. During colder intervals, ice sheets expanded
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What are cascade hazards? Cascade hazards can occur when more than one hazard interact. Primary hazards (e.g. avalanches and landslides) can often trigger secondary hazards (e.g. flooding and debris flows). As a result, the impacts are extended further downstream 1,2. Cascade hazards are difficult to predict and even harder to model 4 , therefore are
Glacial lake hazards | Flooding | Case Study 1 | Case Study 2 | Summary Increasing glacial lakes In recent decades glacial lake hazards have increased due to accelerated glacial mass loss and retreat leading to the expansion of existing glacial lakes and formation of new lakes 1,2. As a result, glacial lakes now exist
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Bethan Davies, Newcastle University The melting of one of North America’s largest icefields has accelerated and could soon reach an irreversible tipping point. That’s the conclusion of new research colleagues and I have published on the Juneau Icefield, which straddles the Alaska-Canada border near the Alaskan capital of Juneau. In the summer of 2022, I
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