Glaciology thiab Climate Change Kev tshawb fawb rau hauv cov dej khov thiab cov ntawv dej khov yog nyob ntawm Scott Polar Research Institute, qhov twg cov neeg ua haujlwm siv cov ntaub ntawv soj ntsuam, kuaj sim thiab cov qauv lej kom nkag siab qhov ntev thiab ntws ntawm cov dej khov nab kuab, thiab ntsuas qhov cuam tshuam ntawm kev hloov pauv huab cua.
Tus kws tshawb fawb dab tsi kawm glaciers?
Ib tug glaciologist yog tus neeg kawm txog cov dej khov. Ib tug glacial geologist kawm glacial deposits thiab glacial erosive nta ntawm toj roob hauv pes. Glaciology thiab glacial geology yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev tshawb fawb polar.
Yuav ua li cas cov kws ntsuas dej khov ntsuas cov dej khov ua li cas lawv thiaj paub tias cov dej khov loj hlob los yog ntsws?
Yuav kom pom tias lub glacier loj hlob lossis txo qis, glaciologists xyuas cov xwm txheej ntawm cov daus thiab dej khov ntawm ob peb qhov chaw ntawm lub glacier thaum kawg ntawm lub caij yaj… Feem ntau, cov Qhov sib txawv ntawm qhov tuab ntawm cov daus los ntawm qhov kev ntsuas yav dhau los qhia tias qhov dej khov qhov sib npaug-txawm tias lub glacier tau loj hlob los yog shrunk.
Cov glaciers kawm li cas?
Yuav kom pom cov ntaub ntawv huab cua mus sij hawm ntev, cov kws tshawb fawb tuaj yeem xov thiab rho tawm cov dej khov nab kuab los ntawm cov dej khov thiab cov dej khov. Cov dej khov nab kuab tau raug coj los ntawm thoob plaws ntiaj teb, suav nrog Peru, Canada, Greenland, Antarctica, Europe, thiab Asia.
Dab tsi yog ob hom glaciers?
Muaj ob hom glaciers: continental glaciers thiab alpine glaciers. Latitude, topography, thiab cov qauv huab cua thoob ntiaj teb thiab hauv cheeb tsam yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev tswj xyuas kev faib khoom thiab qhov loj ntawm cov glaciers.
