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Melting Mountain Glaciers

Air Date: 03/18/2011

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Anne Thompson

Air/Publish Date:

03/18/2011

Event Date:

03/18/2011

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Science Explainer

NBCUniversal Media, LLC.

2011

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00:06:44

The world's glaciers are shrinking at alarming rates, and many scientists believe it is due to changes in climate. Dr. Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University and Dr. Douglas Hardy of UMass-Amherst discuss glaciers and how they melt, and pay special attention to Africa's tallest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro. "Changing Planet" is produced in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

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The Swiss found a way to save glacier from melting: Wrap it in a blanket

The Rhône Glacier is a glacier in the Swiss Alps. It is getting dressed up in white blankets, and for a good cause: to protect it from further melting as a result of global warming.

Every spring for the past eight years, residents from the neighboring Obergoms area have trekked up the Swiss mountain. They have wrapped thermal blankets around parts of the glacier and the ice grotto carved inside it.

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