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B.C. Glaciers More Than a Third Bigger Than Thought – Video

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B.C. Glaciers More Than a Third Bigger Than Thought – Video
November 30, 2020 by Robert

Thirty-eight percent bigger than originally believed, but still (supposedly), “it won’t save them from climate change.”
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Extensive radar surveys on five glaciers in the Columbia River Basin have found the ice is 38 per cent thicker than originally believed, according to a new study from the University of Northern British Columbia.

Lead author Ben Pelto and his colleagues skied cross country on the glaciers over 113 miles (182 km), pulling a sled-mounted ice-penetrating radar system to collect thousands of measurements.

https://www.iceagenow.info/b-c-glaciers-more-than-a-third-bigger-than-thought-video/

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