RSS Feed
National Public Radio: Anchorage is one of the few North American cities that depend on a glacier for most of their drinking water. The Eklutna glacier also provides some of the city's electricity, through hydro power. So a team of researchers is working to answer a very important question: How long will the glacier's water supply last?
To get that answer, those researchers have to shovel a lot of snow. "It gets to be the consistency of really strong Styrofoam once you get down, maybe six or eight feet," glaciologist......
Read Complete Article at Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS News Feed
Alaska Glacier Studied For Clues On Water Supply
Posted by National Public Radio: Annie Feidt on June 25th, 2012
Posted in Water Conservation