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| Scotland 'had a glacier until 1700s' | |
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| CJ | Jan 22 2014, 11:56 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-25824673 A glacier was still in place in Scotland within the past 400 years - 11,000 years later than previously thought - it has been suggested. Dundee University geographer Dr Martin Kirkbride said a glacier may have survived in the Cairngorms as recently as the 18th Century. Britain's last masses of slow-moving ice and snow were understood to have melted 11,500 years ago. Dr Kirkbride studied the formation of corries in the Cairngorms. A corrie is a basin-shaped feature created by glaciations in the mountains. For something like this, 400 years ago sounds remarkably recent. I wonder whether it would still be possible for a glacier to return one day, depending on how the climate changes? |
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