World's Glaciers Disappearing
If temperature rises are limited to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels - the most ambitious goal of the Paris climate accord - then 49 per cent of the world's glaciers will vanish by 2100, a new study has found. Sea levels will rise by 8 centimetres.
The study, published in the journal Science, made projections on the future of some 215,000 glaciers around the world, including in the Alps.
If temperatures increase by 4°C - a worst-case scenario, though still possible - then the world’s largest glaciers, for example in Alaska, will be more affected. 83 per cent of glaciers would disappear, with sea levels rising by 15 centimetres.
But there is still hope, if policymakers take aggressive steps to limit global warming ....
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