Preparing for AS Fieldwork in Switzerland

With only days to go until the Field Trip, it's time you got yourself into the geographical swing of things by looking ahead to what should be a great day at the Aletsch glacier.

Click here to access a great website, dedicated to this amazing natural phenomenon!

Rivers of Ice: Vanishing Glaciers

Click HERE to see the impact of climate change

on the glaciers of the Himalayas...

Read a related article from The Guardian by

clicking here

Swiss Glaciers "in full retreat"

"Swiss glaciers are melting away at an accelerating rate and many will vanish this century if climate projections are correct, two new studies suggest."

Click on the link below to read more from the BBC website:

Flood water accelerates glacier flow

"Great floods beneath the Antarctic ice sheet can now be linked directly to the speed at which that ice moves towards the ocean, scientists say."

To read more of this article, visit the BBC website by clicking on the link below: