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Lauren J. Vargo

joined in Nov 10, 2020

Research Fellow at Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.

Vargo has 1 break published.

Extreme glacier melt and climate change

Glaciers around the world are melting faster than in any previous decade since measurements began. Glaciers form when snow accumulates over many years and compresses into ice. Glaciers accumulate snow in the winter, and then melt ice in the summer. Cold temperatures, more snow, or both,... click to read more

Lauren J. Vargo | Research Fellow at Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

climate change

global warming

glaciers

extreme melt

New Zealand

Reading time 3 min

published on Nov 10, 2020

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