Schlagwort: Glacier
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Melting Glaciers Increase Loss of Freshwater Resources and Rise Global Sea Levels
The melting ice from glaciers worldwide is leading to an increased loss of regional freshwater resources. And it is causing global sea levels to rise at ever-greater rates. Since the year 2000, glaciers have been losing 273 billion tons of ice annually, according to estimates by an international research community led by researchers of the…
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Global Retreat of Glaciers Has Strongly Accelerated
International researchers with the participation of TU Graz 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. Graz/Austria, February 19, 2025. There are currently around 275,000 glaciers worldwide, in which huge quantities of fresh water are…