This page highlights some of the excellent teaching resources available for exploring glacier mass balance. For more ideas, see the Resources for Teachers page. Case study: USGS Benchmark Glaciers The USGS has an excellent resource on the mass balance of Lemon Creek Glacier, a World Reference Glacier, and the other USGS Benchmark Glaciers. This has […]
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In this section, we discuss the evidence for the last British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS). Throughout the Quaternary (the last 2.6 million years), there have been many ice sheets in Britain. The ice sheet grows during cold periods (stadials) and recedes in warm periods (interstadials) like the one we live in today. The last BIIS began
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On this page is a list of resources on the BIIS. Most are freely available. The Younger Dryas Glacial Map This map was produced as a collaboration between Bethan Davies and Hannah Bickerdike. It uses the glacial geomorphology and glacier reconstruction compiled by Bickerdike et al. (2016, 2018). We have used these data to produce
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What is the shelf-edge margin of the British-Irish Ice Sheet? | How do we know the British-Irish Ice Sheet reached the shelf edge? | How did the British-Irish Ice Sheet retreat from the shelf edge? | Why do we study shelf-edge margins of the British-Irish Ice Sheet? What is the shelf-edge margin of the British-Irish
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If you’re introducing the idea of GIS and digital elevation models, then check out this Earth Engine tool for the global SRTM. This Earth Engine App visualises the SRTM, a global 30 m digital elevation model (a DEM). The colour ramp is linked to the elevation range on the screen; as you zoom in and
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The articles here are applicable to people across a range of career stages. See also the Careers category in the Blog. Further resources: External links: Here is a video on making better conference posters:
Mountains around the world provide water for downstream communities. Glaciers and snowpacks store the water, and release it in dry seasons as the snow and ice melts. Glaciers are therefore a water resource, but this water resource is threatened by glacier recession. Water is essential for life on Earth. Human societies use water to irrigate
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
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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
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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
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