glaciation

• Examples


  • The role of global changes e.g. TNCs
  • The impact of NGOs
  • Impact of people e.g. tourism
• Attitudes and actions


  • Attitudes to ice environments; exploitation vs conservation
  • Actions of stakeholders which affected glaciated landscapes
  • Actions by players affecting natural systems (e.g. climate change)
• Futures and uncertainties


  • Uncertainty of climate change
  • Future of ice environments
• 2A.2 Present day location of ice sheets

  
• Glacial processes

  
• 2A.4 Glacial mass balance system & feedback

  
• 2A.4 Accumulation and ablation and reasons for their variation
• 2A.5 Processes important in movement of glaciers and why they vary

  
• 2A.5 How glaciers develop at different scales, alter landforms and create landscapes

  
• Glacial landforms
• 2A.8 Glacial depositional processes and how these form landscapes

  
• 2A.10 The unique biodiversity of glaciated environments
• 2A.11 The threats these areas face, both natural and human
• 2A.11 The impact of climate change on glaciated landscapes
• 2A.11 The role of these landscapes globally e.g. water & carbon cycles
• 2A.12 The role of different players in managing the challenges
• 2A.12 The range of scale of management; from local to global
• 2A.12 The increasing challenges of managing these landscapes
• Week 1
• Introduction and Climate Change theories
• Pages 6-7
• Week 2
• Distribution of ice; types of glaciers

  
• Pages 8-9
• Week 3
• Glacial Systems; ablation & accumulation & movement

  
• Pages 9-11
• Week 4
• Erosional Landforms
• Pages 12-14
• Week 5
• Depositional Landforms
• Pages 15-16
• Week 6
• Fluvioglacial Landforms
• Pages 17-20
• Week 7
• Periglacial Landforms
• Pages 21-24
• Week 8