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Almost 40% of world’s glaciers already doomed due to climate crisis – study

 Almost 40% of glaciers in existence today are already doomed to melt due
to climate-heating emissions from fossil fuels, a study has found. The loss
will soar to 75% if global heating reaches the 2.7C rise for which the
world is currently on track. The massive loss of glaciers would push up sea
levels, endangering millions of people and driving mass migration,
profoundly affecting the billions reliant on glaciers to regulate the water
used to grow food, the researchers said. However, slashing carbon emissions
and limiting heating to the internationally agreed 1.5C target would save
half of glacier ice. That goal is looking increasingly out of reach as
emissions continue to rise, but the scientists said that every
tenth-of-a-degree rise that was avoided would save 2.7tn tonnes of ice.

 Guardian 29th May 2025, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/29/almost-40-of-worlds-glaciers-already-doomed-due-to-climate-crisis-study

June 3, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change