Global glacier retreat has accelerated
Global glacier retreat has accelerated An international research team including scientists from ETH Zurich has shown that almost all the world’s glaciers are becoming thinner and losing mass’ and that these changes are picking up pace. The team’s analysis is the most comprehensive and accurate of its kind to date. Rapid glacier melt: A roaring meltwater stream connects the Morteratsch and Pers Glaciers (r.), Engadine, Switzerland. A few years ago, the glaciers were connected by ice. (Photograph: P. Rüegg / ETH Zurich) Glaciers are a sensitive indicator of climate change – and one tha...
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