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Title:
Everest's Melting Glaciers
Description:
In this video produced by SolveClimate.com, Mountaineer David Breashears compares the panoramic photo he took in 2008 of Mount Everest and its surrounding glaciers with one taken in 1921, and explains the enormous scale and rapid speed of the ice loss at the world's "tallest water tower." See the evidence with your own eyes. For an accompanying story, see http://solveclimate.com/blog/20090119/video-everests-melting-glaciers
Author:
SolveClimate
Tags:
Global Warming, Climate Change, Glaciers, Ice Melt, David Breashears, Everest,
Everest's Melting Glaciers
Description:
In this video produced by SolveClimate.com, Mountaineer David Breashears compares the panoramic photo he took in 2008 of Mount Everest and its surrounding glaciers with one taken in 1921, and explains the enormous scale and rapid speed of the ice loss at the world's "tallest water tower." See the evidence with your own eyes. For an accompanying story, see http://solveclimate.com/blog/20090119/video-everests-melting-glaciers
Author:
SolveClimate
Tags:
Global Warming, Climate Change, Glaciers, Ice Melt, David Breashears, Everest,
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