Climate change shrinking glaciers faster than ever
Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world’s mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them shrinking more than twice as fast as in the early 2000s. The world’s glaciers lost ice at the rate of about 255 billion tons (231 billion metric tons) annual from 2000 to 2011,
Researchers present a global assessment of ice loss since the beginning of the millennium. In a global comparison, the glaciers in the Alps and Pyrenees are melting the fastest.
Ice rescue instructor Luc Mehl says the community is lucky the calving did not happen over a weekend, and he hopes Alaskans ...
Arunachal Pradesh’s glaciers are melting rapidly, raising risks of flooding and water shortages. A new study warns of climate ...
Arctic glaciers are leaking significant amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Glacial melt rivers and groundwater springs are transporting large volumes of methane from beneath the ice to the ...
GUWAHATI (ANI)- The Himalayas, often called the “Third Pole,” hold the largest concentration of glaciers outside the polar ...
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