Exploring ice in the deep
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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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Renato R. Colucci (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Image
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JPG
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2.2 MB
Aspect
3:2
Width
1800 px
Height
1200 px
Brand
Canon
Model
EOS 7D
Exposure
14 mm f/4 1.3 s ISO 125
Software
photoshop
Coordinates
46.3700, 13.4400
Tint
Light yellowish brown
Submitted
9 February 2018
Taken
6 August 2017
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