Experts believe a glacier collapse might have caused the catastrophic floods at the border between Nepal and Tibet that killed at least 270 people and left more than 1,000 missing. While initial reports…
Glaciers have been in retreat for millennia. The Great Lakes exist because the massive glacier that recently used to be there was so heavy, it caused a huge depression in the Earth’s crust. All gone. It was never going to stop. We’re just making it happen faster.
Glaciers have been in retreat for millennia. The Great Lakes exist because the massive glacier that recently used to be there was so heavy, it caused a huge depression in the Earth’s crust. All gone. It was never going to stop. We’re just making it happen faster.
Word ‘faster’ is an understatement.
It’s like saying that killing a child is ethically not problemic, their death just happens earlier. No biggie!