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I'd like to know who says you can't. It's certainly possible, if you're in a place where glaciers are plentiful and surface water isn't. However, for most places, there's fresh water available much closer and more conveniently.
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What percentage of water is ice caps and glaciers?
All the great rivers of Asia are fed by glacial melt and about 40% of the world relies on these rivers for drinking and other uses.
As glaciers melt the land underneath sinks?
Water from the glacier starts melting into the soil and dropping more water into oceans
Why should you melt snow first and then drink it instead of just eating snow if you are stranded in a blizzard and are trying to stay warm?
If youre so cold you cant melt snow in your mouth, you're mouth would be freezing, then even if you did try it at home not drinking water for 1 day and try to get your water from the ice you cant melt much before your mouth sours!
Why is Glacial melt water better for you?
All glaciers and icebergs are made of freshwater. Glacial melt water is better for you because it is freshwater, which is clean and pure unlike the water from some rivers or the sea which have to be filtered.
Why glaciers take many years to melt in sunlight?
glaciers are big and vary cold.
Can acidic water cause glaciers to melt?
Water can speed up the rate at which glaciers melt. Whether the water is acidic or not has no effect.
What percentage of water is ice caps and glaciers?
All the great rivers of Asia are fed by glacial melt and about 40% of the world relies on these rivers for drinking and other uses.
Why are glaciers still on the earth if its so warm?
Glaciers are located in nearly freezing water and the global warming is slowly heating the water which makes the glaciers melt.
How is gravity glaciers wind and water alike?
they melt rocks
Why is snow and glacier loss a particular problem in the Himalayas?
The river and spring systems that run from the ice/glacier in the Himalayas is a source of drinking water for residents living in regions close to the Himalayas. If the glaciers melt away the residents lose their source of drinking water.
How do glaciers weather valleys?
they melt and put water in the valleys and they grow
How are glaciers and a sliding Ice cube similar?
glaciers slide slowly when they melt and there is water under them similarly as ice cubes.
As glaciers melt the land underneath sinks?
Water from the glacier starts melting into the soil and dropping more water into oceans
Why huge glaciers do not melt in sun.whereas ice cubes taken out from refrigerators melt within minutes?
It's not that glaciers don't melt in the sun; if you watch videos of glaciers you'll see water pouring off them. The difference is size: it takes far less time for a one-ounce ice cube to melt than a million-gallon glacier.
Why should you melt snow first and then drink it instead of just eating snow if you are stranded in a blizzard and are trying to stay warm?
If youre so cold you cant melt snow in your mouth, you're mouth would be freezing, then even if you did try it at home not drinking water for 1 day and try to get your water from the ice you cant melt much before your mouth sours!
Do you need to take drinking water to survive in Antarctica?
No. You can melt ice or desalinate sea water to obtain sufficient drinking water.
What happened to water vapor when earth formed and cooled?
When the earth formed and then cooled, the water vapor and water froze forming the glaciers. The glaciers later started to melt which formed lakes, rivers, and oceans.
