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This 6 page research paper investigates glacier meltdown and its significance in terms of effects. Experts today are in consensus that global warming is definitely the cause of this phenomenon, but the precise effects that will result from the world's glacier's melting have yet to be determined. This overview of literature investigates this question in order to discern what experts feel may occur in the near future in regards to climate change. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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temperatures escalate and glaciers all over the world are melting. Experts today are in consensus that global warming is definitely the cause of this phenomenon, but the precise effects that
will result from the worlds glaciers melting have yet to be determined. The following overview of literature investigates this question in order to discern what experts feel may occur in
the near future in regards to climate change. Opponents to the idea that the carbon footprint of humanity is the primary cause of global warming point out that glaciers,
as well as the ice caps, have been retreating since the close of the Little Ice Age; however, glacier melting has escalated to a rate that exceeds what could be
expected to result from natural climate variability (Diolaiuti, et al 162). Weather over the past decade has been characterized by early springs and the late arrival of winter have played
havoc with the worlds glaciers, causing massive melting (Ehrlich 315). Across the globe, glaciers are retreating in size as meltdown occurs (Diolaiuti, et al 161). Glacier retreat has been particularly
severe in the Alps and this phenomenon is considered to be due to the significant changes in atmospheric temperature. The level of atmospheric warming found in the Alps has been
determined to be over double the world average over the last half century (Diolaiuti, et al 162). As glaciers warm, internal streams
of water from melting ice form within them and this water serves to decrease the effect of friction between the ice and the rock beneath them, which means that they
begin to slide easily over the bedrock beneath them, which creates more heat from friction and increase melt-down (Ehrlich 314). If there is sufficient snow during the winter and snow
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