Guliya ice cap..ppt

1、Background and Introduction It is imperative to expand our knowledge of past tropical climate variability to facilitate our understanding of contemporary climate changes in the region, and across the globe. 2. Its significance for climate change 2.1 Why we choose the Guliya ice cap? Low-latitude, high-elevation : Tropical glaciers can be very sensitive to climate change. And a surface temperature change should be amplified at high altitudes in the tropics. (Mechanism?) 2.2 provides evidence of regional climatic conditions This aspect of its significance can be reflected in the article“Ice core evidence for asynchronous glaciation on the Tibetan Plateau”. Paper Part1: Here, we investigate ice core-derived climate records from the Tibetan Plateau (TP) to determine whether advance and retreat of glaciers in this region of High Asia have been asynchronous. Part2: methods Drilling Stable oxygen isotopes（18O） The length of time preserved in an ice cap is determined primarily by three parameters: its annual net mass accumulation (2) its thickness (3) its basal temperature Stable oxygen isotopes（18O） On decadal or longer time scales, 18O is a reliable qualitative indicator for regional temperature . Part3:Discussion Explaination:The guliya ice cap Its precipitation is more evenly distributed throughout the year In addition, mean annual air temperatures over the western TP are the lowest in China. The others Part4:Conclusions The growth and decay of glaciers in TP are controlled not simply by temperature but more importantly by precipitation . The glaciation on the Tibetan Plateau is asynchronous. When ice cores are drilled, how to judge the core extended to (or very close to) the glacier bottom? Much of the climatic activity of significance to humanity, including monsoons and El Nin?o, occurs in these lower latitudes. a strong and sustained increase in the Earth’s globally averaged temperatures since the 1970s that is superimposed upon a mo