March 2011: suggested links Dr. Lonnie Thompson A Picture/Poem collection of links |
P/P Link special feature:
"Lonnie Thompson, is a paleoclimatologist
and Distinguished University Professor in the School
of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University
He has achieved global recognition for his drilling
and analysis of ice cores from mountain glaciers
and ice caps in the tropical and sub-tropical regions
of the world. He and his wife, Ellen Mosley-Thompson,
run the ice core paleoclimatology research group
at the Byrd Polar Research Center."
source: wikipedia
TWO EXECELLENT RESOURCES . . .
THE MELTING OF THE HIGH MOUNTAIN
GLACIERS OF THE WORLD
Abrupt Climate Change and Our Future.mp3
[from tucradio.org] I've listened to this over and
over again in high, stormy basecamps! The
best out there, in my view.
CLIMATE CHANGE: The Evidence &
Our Options.pdf
THE SOUND OF DISAPPEARING
GLACIERS
The sound of disappearing glaciers
is not the sound of raging torrents,
or of thundering cascades.
It is the faint murmuring sound
of a thousand rivulets and rills
flowing ceaselessly, day and night,
day and night. with each turn of the Earth:—
a thousand more.
Cliff Crego (from THE LITTLE CLAVIER pdf)
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