#Canary: Dr. #LonnieThompson's Lifelong Quest to Preserve Earth's #MeltingGlaciers and Sound the Alarm on #ClimateChange

"Thompson's quest, in part, is showcased in the Canary documentary against the backdrop of the melting #Quelccaya Ice Cap in the #PeruvianAndes. He sees glaciers as 'canaries in the coal mine,' serving as early indicators of a #ClimateCatastrophe."

https://globalwater.osu.edu/news/canary-dr.-lonnie-thompsons-lifelong-quest-preserve-earths-melting-glaciers-and-sound-alarm

#SeaLevelRise #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChangeIsreal #Antarctica #Glaciers

Canary: Dr. Lonnie Thompson's Lifelong Quest to Preserve Earth's Melting Glaciers and Sound the Alarm on Climate Change

The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences Distinguished University Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (Byrd Center), Lonnie Thompson, has a remarkable story as depicted in the new documentary Canary, which debuted in select theaters nationwide earlier this month.

Plants Reveal the History of Earth’s Largest Tropical Ice Cap

Rooted plants buried by advancing outlet glaciers illustrate rapid changes in the extent of Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru during the Holocene.

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Plants Reveal the History of Earth’s Largest #Tropical Ice Cap https://eos.org/editor-highlights/plants-reveal-the-history-of-earths-largest-tropical-ice-cap

Unique Collections of 14C-Dated #Vegetation Reveal Mid-#Holocene Fluctuations of the #Quelccaya Ice Cap, #Peru: Kara Lamantia et al. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JF007297

"Rooted #plants buried by advancing outlet #glaciers illustrate rapid changes in the extent of #QuelccayaGlacier in Peru during the Holocene."

Plants Reveal the History of Earth’s Largest Tropical Ice Cap

Rooted plants buried by advancing outlet glaciers illustrate rapid changes in the extent of Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru during the Holocene.

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En las alturas de los Andes peruanos, a una elevación de casi 5000 metros, una comunidad cusqueña está uniendo fuerzas para proteger el glaciar tropical #Quelccaya, uno de los más importantes del mundo

https://ojo-publico.com/4494/el-pacto-milenario-los-guardianes-del-hielo-el-cusco

El pacto milenario de los guardianes del hielo en el Cusco

Una comunidad cusqueña de los Andes peruanos suma esfuerzos para proteger uno de los glaciares tropicales más importantes del mundo.

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