DECLINE OF
GLACIERS
Most
glaciers in
Central
Europe,
Western
Canada
and
the
United
States would
disappear
in
the
second
half
of
this
century
from
ice
loss,
according to
a
new
report.
Glaciers
have
lost
more
than
9 trillion
tons
of
ice
between
1961 and
2016, according to
a
research
paper
published in
the
journal
Nature.This
equates to
a
block
of
ice
the
size
of
Germany
and
almost
30 meters thick,
or
the
size
of
the
United
States and
1.2 meters thick.
This
loss
of
ice
has
also
meant
an
increase
in
overall
sea
level
of
up
to
27 millimetres in
the
period.This
represents between
25% and
30% of
the
observed increase
in
global
sea
levels.
Glaciers
are
a
consequence
of
climate
change,
the
authors said,
and
research
suggests that
the
loss
of
glaciers may
be
greater
than
previously
reported.
Currently,
the
study
found
that
up
to
335 billion
tons
of
ice
are
lost
each
year.
This
results in
an
increase
in
sea
levels of
almost
1 millimeter per
year,
according to
calculations.
The
main
cause
of
this
problem
is
the
large
amount
of
carbon
dioxide
that
we
emit
into
the
atmosphere,
what
I
would
recommend
to
lessen
this
problem
would
be
not
to
use
the
car
so
much
and
use
public
transport
more.
AUTHOR: Alberto Traver
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