Deserts, Glaciers, and Climate

Axia College

Deserts, Glaciers, and Climate: Landscapes and Changes It is no great mystery that the Earth is always changing. Talk of global warming is inescapable, making it a moral imperative to become educated about the Earth's climate cycles and watch for changes and signs in Earth's diverse landscapes. The following is a brief sketch of desert and glacial landscapes, as well as a look at historical and future climate changes. Deserts VS Glacial Landscapes Desert and glacial landscapes are very much on opposite sides of the landscape spectrum, however in terms of adjective depiction they are related: "abstract, beautiful, immense, remote ... and vulnerable" (Murck, Skinner, & Mackenzie, 2008, p. 376). The desert...