NASA Earth Observatory: A Climate Archive Melts

"Glaciers are natural archives of past climate. In their frozen layers lies evidence of Earth’s changing temperature and atmospheric composition. But as the climate warms, some of the longest records of our changing planet are melting away.

One such archive is the Corbassière glacier in Switzerland."

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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152490/a-climate-archive-melts?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASAClimate&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=348531693

#FromEarthOrbit #PlanetEarth #TheOverviewEffect #OurHomeInSpace "In the wake of a cold front, strong winds lofted dust into the air over northern Mexico, eastern New Mexico, and northwestern Texas."

https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/151038/dust-blows-across-the-us-southwest