Precipitation impacts glacial melt, Patagonian Glacier study suggests
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 09:31
in Earth & Climate
Glaciers play a vital role in Earth’s climate system, and it’s critical to understand what contributes to their fluctuation. Increased global temperatures are frequently viewed as the cause of glacial melt, but a new study of Patagonia’s Gualas Glacier highlights the role of precipitation in the glacier’s fluctuation.