Exploring ice in the deep
by Renato R. Colucci, Dept. of Earth System Sciences and Environmental Technology. CNR-ISMAR, Trieste, Italy
The occurrence of sporadic permafrost in the Alps often needs challenging fieldworks in order to be investigated. Here in the high altitude karstic plateau of Mt. Canin-Kanin (2587 m asl) in the Julian Alps (southeastern European Alps) several permanent ice deposits have been recently investigated highlighting how also in such more resilient environments global warming is acting rapidly. Important portions of the underground cryosphere are actually rapidly melting, loosing valuable paleoarchives contained in the ice.
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2017
Submitted on 9 Feb 2018
Featured on GeoLog, the official blog of the European Geosciences Union
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- Europe (3498)
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- Exact location (13.4400 E, 46.3700 N)
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alps, karst, permafrost, ice cave, speleology, cryosphere
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