meltwater

There is no road back to the scent of the Julys when I was young and leapt from a boulder into the ice-cold meltwater of a Norwegian fjord.

By May, the mountains are bathed in summer heat, ane the first rush of meltwater is beginning to subside.

Meltwater from Iceland's largest glacier thunders into a canyon, drawing tourists to the precipice.

Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.

Icebergs, including one with a sapphire pool of meltwater , clutter Greenland's Jakobshavn Fjord near the village of Ilulissat.

But scientists thought there was much less meltwater, playing a far less important role in ice sheet structure, than the new work suggests.

Climate change may be marking the Canadian Arctic, too, as meltwater erodes the edges of some polygons and deepens pools in their centers.

For centuries, the population has depended on meltwater from the glaciers of the high mountains to irrigate their farmland.

Warmer conditions can send meltwater to the glacier's base, increasing lubrication and consequently glacier speed.

This intensive farming is only possible because of the large quantities of meltwater flooding down from the peaks.

Ice might melt along the deep cracks , and the meltwater would substantially enhance the heating rate.

Less reflective than ice, water absorbs more solar rays, speeding the thaw and channeling meltwater into seals' breathing holes.

Bare rock and meltwater pools mark the edge of the shrinking Harrison Glacier in Montana's Glacier National Park.

We've had very heavy rain here which has come on top of the meltwater from all the recent snow and ice.

Boys and girls have their own tasks; for boys, the collection of drinking water from nearby meltwater streams is a traditional duty.

The image here illustrates how these pockets and streams of warm meltwater permeate glaciers and ice sheets.

Fewer than 460, 000 years ago, meltwater from retreating ice sheets topped the land bridge and carved out the Channel.

In Mingyong, surging meltwater has carried away topsoil; elsewhere, excess runoff has been blamed for more frequent flooding and landslides.

Lakes form where rainfall or meltwater in interior drainage basins is sufficient.

Glacial meltwater flows into Tasermiut fjord in south Greenland on a late September afternoon.

Meltwater will drive up world sea levels by an average of 12 centimetres (five inches) by 2100, says the study.

Meltwater will drive up world sea levels by an average of 12 centimeters (five inches) by 2100, says the study.

In Greenland, it's meltwater greasing the way for massive outflows of ice.

Meltwater has carved a canyon 150 feet (45 meters) deep.

A meltwater lake on the Greenland ice sheet that contained 44 billion litres and covered 5. 7 sq km gurgled away within 24 hours in 2006.

The Chacaltaya glacier is more than 18, 000 years old, and its meltwater is an important resource for the inhabitants of La Paz.

More than a billion people in Asia rely on glacial meltwater for a steady, year-round supply of fresh water.