tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post5841630364454342174..comments2024-03-26T05:56:59.938+11:00Comments on THE PSYCHOLOGIST : 1939: When Climate Science Still Involved Actual ScientistsJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post-54575647492662679182012-02-12T11:16:43.573+11:002012-02-12T11:16:43.573+11:00Now, as I recall from school days, glaciers are pu...Now, as I recall from school days, glaciers are pushed downhill by the weight of snow and ice that is delivered to the origin; "neve" I think it is called.<br /><br />So, if you get less snowfall in the Neve, you get less push on the glacier. Glaciers also are constantly melting at the lower face AND they also constantly melt from underneath because the pressure of teh ice on the rock makes it melt; ie, the outflow is from under the ice, not from the top.Brucenoreply@blogger.com