{"id":2770,"date":"2014-08-14T14:06:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T19:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2014-08-14T11:09:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T16:09:45","slug":"is-it-our-fault-that-glaciers-are-retreating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/is-it-our-fault-that-glaciers-are-retreating\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it our fault that glaciers are retreating?<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2768\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10151793493_03d7eac23e_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2768\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10151793493_03d7eac23e_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Margerie Glacier in Alaska, like most glaciers worldwide, is in retreat. A new computer model quantifies the human contribution to the worldwide retreat of the glaciers. (Photo credit: Andrew Adams, via flickr)\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10151793493_03d7eac23e_z.jpg 400w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10151793493_03d7eac23e_z-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Margerie Glacier in Alaska, like most glaciers worldwide, is in retreat. A new computer model quantifies the human contribution to the worldwide retreat of the glaciers. (Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fastlizard4\/10151793493\">Andrew Adams, via flickr<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A new paper helps quantify how much of the global loss of glaciers can be attributed to human activity as opposed to natural variation in earth\u2019s temperature. The study uses a mathematical model to compare the amount of glacier melt that would have been expected based on natural and man-made forcings to the actual amount. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For the overall time period of 1851 to 2010, the human contribution is hard to quantify, and is reported as 25 \u00b1 35 per cent. However, the availability of better data in more recent decades allows a more detailed analysis for the period 1991 to 2010; here the human contribution is reported at 69 \u00b1 24 per cent. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The model complements similar results obtained for global temperatures and sea levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/lookup\/doi\/10.1126\/science.1254702\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Original research paper<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0published in\u00a0the journal\u00a0<em>Science\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong>August 14, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ben Marzeion, University of Innsbruck, Austria<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Graham Cogley, Trent University, Ontario<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new paper helps quantify how much of the global loss of glaciers can be attributed to human activity as opposed to natural variation in earth\u2019s temperature. The study uses a mathematical model to compare the amount of glacier melt that would have been expected based on natural and man-made forcings to the actual amount. 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