Glaciers of the Cryosphere Prepared for Middle School Level September 2016

PART VI

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J. Daniel Taillant The Center for Human Rights and Environment [email protected] - +1 415 713 2309 The Power of the Cryosphere DraggingH uge Boulder on Plains Tall as a two storey house Frost Heave is Bad for Roads! Ice Melt Destroys House! Permafrost Permanently Frozen Ground Paerned Ground in the Arcc Tundra Pingos

• Is the ESKIMO word for “mound” or “hill” • It’s short for word that in Eskimo that means “”mound that blows up”! • Legend has it that a man was standing on such a “pingo” when it suddenly blew its top and threw him up in the air! • It’s actually true … they can burst from water and gas pressure build up. • One once “erupted” and blew water into the air for 30 minutes! Pingo Ice Mound Creeping Ground Yosemite Valley was carved out by Glaciers! U – Shaped Valley What it looked like thousands of years ago! Then the climate started warming and the glaciers melted, but they connued to ﬂow through the valley Glaciers fully retreated and le a lake! Today Can Ice Catch on Fire? How???

Test Queson Clue: Cow Farts Ice that Burns?! Gas Hydrates (methane) This is Ice with Methane in it! What is Glaciology?

Glaciology studies: 1. The physical properes, the structure and the internal processes ocurring in ice 2. The interacon of ice, the atmosphere and the hydrosphere

3. The interacon of ice with the earth Then there’s Geology and Geo-Cryology!

• Geologists study the Earth/Rocks/Land Features • Cryologists study snow and ice

• Geo-Cryologists Study frozen grounds - things like permafrost and Rock Glaciers! What is a Glaciologist?

Someone who studies Glaciology!!!!

A Glacial Time Machine!!!! Experiments on Glaciers?

• To make them grow? • To make them melt? • To make them slow down? • To make them move more quickly? • To change their ﬂow paern? • To save them? • To destroy them??? What do I do?

• Environmentalist (working to protect the environment) • Human Rights Advocate (working to protect human rights) • Work for a Non-Proﬁt Organizaon Center for Human Rights and Environment www.center-hre.org

Challenge! 37 15 N, 118 39 W Glaciers on Your Phone?

Be Sure to Select Satellite Mode! 37 15 N, 118 39 W Find a New Rock Glacier in the Sierra Nevada

Send GPS coordinates in for prize! Last Chance Test Quesons

• One characterisc that deﬁnes a glacier?

CLUE: Last Chance Test Quesons

• What State has the biggest glaciers in the USA?

CLUE: Bering Glacier Last Chance Test Quesons

• Why are glaciers melng?

CLUE: GHGs Last Chance Test Quesons

• What is the cryogenic force pushing rocks up?

CLUE: Heave Last Chance Test Quesons

• Big chunks of ice at glacier terminus are called?

CLUE: S ….s Last Chance Test Quesons

• Another name for an “invisible” glacier is?

CLUE: Final Score? Chasing Ice Video hps://www.youtube.com/watch? v=hC3VTgIPoGU Glaciers of the Cryosphere Independence Middle School September 2016

J. Daniel Taillant The Center for Human Rights and Environment [email protected] - +1 415 713 2309