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World’s glaciers melting faster than ever recorded

The world’s glaciers are melting faster than ever recorded under the impact
of climate change, according to the most comprehensive scientific analysis
to date. Mountain glaciers – frozen rivers of ice – act as a freshwater
resource for millions of people worldwide and lock up enough water to raise
global sea-levels by 32cm (13in) if they melted entirely.

But since the turn of the century, they have lost more than 6,500 billion tonnes – or 5%
– of their ice. And the pace of melting is increasing. Over the past decade
or so, glacier losses were more than a third higher than during the period
2000-2011. The study combined more than 230 regional estimates from 35
research teams around the world, making scientists even more confident
about exactly how fast glaciers are melting, and how they will evolve in
the future. Glaciers are excellent indicators of climate change.

BBC 19th Feb 2025,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4ly8vde85o

February 23, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change