Bethan Davies virtual lectures I have a few videos on YouTube and embedded in this website that may be of interest. See the examples below! A panel of experts discuss the impact of climate change in the Arctic, Antarctic and Himalaya. Chaired by Dr Bethan Davies. A lecture on glaciers and climate change globally, suitable …
Interactive glacier models Get the students playing with one of these simple, browser-based interactive glacier models, and understanding concepts such as ablation, accumulation, glacier advance and recession and glacier mass balance. You can also explore the OGGM-edu (see separate page on this). NASA JPL Virtual Earth System Laboratory The folks at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
Quantarctica This is a free GIS app that you can use to explore the glaciers and sea ice around Antarctica. Quantarctica is easy to use ,and includes base maps, satellite imagery, glaciology and geophysics data from data centres around the world, prepared for viewing in QGIS. Quantartica is probably suitable for more advanced users, at …
There are several resources available for teaching about glacial geomorphology using a GIS. Younger Dryas Glacial Map The Younger Dryas Glacial Map was created by Bethan Davies and Hannah Bickerdike. There are a host of supporting resources and activities on the Younger Dryas pages of this website. The Younger Dryas Glacial Map is a fully …
As a Geography Teacher, you may want to lead field trips for your students. If you are looking for inspiration, then the Quaternary Research Association has a series of field guides available for purchase from their website. They are affordable and cover many areas of the UK. The QRA is the UK organisation for the …
Virtual Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes is an excellently well presented website that uses state of the art panoramic imagery combined with Google Maps to allow teachers and students to explore both ancient British and European glaciers. Students can walk up to the glacier snout, climb the glacier, and work through a series of resources aimed …
OGGM-edu: Glacier interactive apps The Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM) edu has a series of interactive apps and notebooks suitable for students of different levels. They provide a series of tolls for instructors to use in practical classes. The tools can be run on any computer and do not require any software to be downloaded. …
What is the Loch Lomond Stadial? The final stage of the British-Irish Ice Sheet is known as the Loch Lomond Stadial, the Loch Lomond Readvance or Younger Dryas Stadial1. In Ireland, it is known as the Nahanagan Stadial. The Loch Lomond Stadial was a period of glacial readvance during the overall shrinking of the British-Irish …
What is a glacial erratic? Glacial erratics, often simply called erratics, or erratic boulders, are rocks that have been transported by ice and deposited elsewhere. The type of rock (lithology) that the glacial erratic is made from is different to the lithology of the bedrock where the erratic is deposited. For example, an erratic could …
In this interactive map, you can explore all the glacial landforms and chronologies that were used to generate the new reconstructions of the last Patagonian Ice Sheet from 35,000 years ago to the present day. Click the PATICE logo below to launch the online interactive webmap. The GIF below shows the extent of the ice …
