glaciers
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Climate Change Threatens Water Resources For Nearly 2 Billion People
Around the world, billions of people rely on water from snow and glaciers. However, rising temperatures and political turmoil could mean rapidly diminishing water resources for these vulnerable regions—most notably being high mountain Asia according to new findings released at the American Geophysical Union.
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Icelanders Mourn Loss Of Okjökull Glacier With Ceremony, Plaque
Politicians, scientists and others gathered in Borgarfjörður, Iceland, northeast of Reykjavik on Sunday to mourn the loss of the Okjökull glacier, laying a plaque warning of the impact of climate change, the BBC reported.
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North America’s Glaciers Are Melting Four Times Faster Than They Were A Decade Ago
Across the world’s icy landscapes, climate change is spurring a major meltdown. That includes the western U.S. and Canada where not only is ice vanishing, but it’s doing so at a more rapid pace than it was just a decade ago, according to a new study released this week in Geophysical Research Letters.
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Watch A Russian Ice Cap Experience An ‘Unprecedented’ Melt Down
It’s no secret that ice around the world is receding as global temperatures rise. Even so, the sudden destabilisation of a remote ice cap in the Russian High Arctic has scientists throwing around words like “extraordinary” and “unprecedented.”