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Why glaciers take many years to melt in sunlight?
glaciers are big and vary cold.
What are large sheets of ice that do not melt called?
Large sheets of ice that do not melt are called glaciers. Glaciers are formed when snow accumulates over time and compacts into ice, flowing slowly due to gravity.
How will glaciers and icebergs be affected by global warming?
Global warming is causing glaciers to retreat and icebergs to break off more frequently and in larger sizes. As temperatures rise, glaciers melt at a faster rate, leading to rising sea levels and disrupting ecosystems. The increased melting of icebergs can also impact ocean currents and marine habitats.
In what ocean do glaciers form?
Glaciers do not form in oceans. Glaciers form on land. Sometimes the flow onto ocean in the form of ice shelves or ice bergs, but they still formed on land. Closer to the equator, they only form on mountains. They form when one year's snow does not melt during the summer. When the next year's snow falls on that, the snow underneath turns to ice. Gradually, the ice builds up. The pressure on top can make the bottom layer melt. The earth's heat can make the bottom layer melt. Melt water from the top layer melting can make the bottom layer slide. The weight of the glacier can make the glacier move. A lot of glaciers are always in motion. During warmer weather they melt more. During colder weather, they advance. In the Arctic Ocean, the salt water freezes during winter. That creates a polar ice cap. It is not a glacier. Parts of it are frozen all the time. For a period of about 3,000 years some 1,200 years ago and 500 years 2,000 years ago, there was no polar ice cap in summer. It was not a glacier.
When did the glaciers began to melt?
About 100 million years
What two things could you observe when glaciers melt?
When glaciers melt, you could observe an increase in the volume of water in rivers and lakes downstream. Also, you might notice the retreat or disappearance of the glacier's front edge, leading to changes in the landscape.
How would glaciers be affected by changes in climate such as global warming and global cooling?
In global warming, the glaciers would melt, then they would flow into the ocean, then they could affect ocean currents, changing the climate, in some areas. And with global cooling, there would be more glaciers, depleting the ocean waters.
Is there any water in Svalbard?
Svalbard is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean. There is plenty of running water in the summer with melt streams from glaciers and melting snow.
What does glaciers melt?
Global warming
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.
How did the growth of glaciers affect water level in the oceans?
when glacier runs into the ocean it causes the water level to rise. just like when we add ice cubes to a glass of water. but when the icebergs melts water level remains the same. like when the ice cubes melt in a glass of water. it does not increase the amount of water in the glass. global warming is causing glaciers to run into the ocean causing water level to rise.
What do glaciers do that rivers dont?
Melt. Move
What will happen to glaciers if there is global warming?
they will melt
What caused glaciers to begin to melt?
Global
When glaciers melt what landforms does it make?
Sea or
Why glaciers take many years to melt in sunlight?
glaciers are big and vary cold.
Can glaciers freeze in the winter and melt completely every summer?
I think that glaciers don't melt in the summer because glaciers form where it's cold like year long so it would be cold in the summer too. In cold weather ice doesn't melt.
