All of that adds up to about 5,500
glaciers in the region disappearing over the rest of the century.
All of that adds up to about 5,500
glaciers in the region disappearing over the rest of the century.
Not exact matches
South America:
Glaciers in the
region are melting so fast that some are expected to
disappear within 15 — 25 years.
Glasgow - based artist Katie Paterson dropped a waterproof microphone into an icy lagoon
in the Vatnajíkull
region of Iceland — home to Europe's largest and most rapidly
disappearing collection of
glaciers.
LONDON, 9 April — The
glaciers of the tropical Andes have shrunk by between 30 and 50 %
in 30 years and many will soon
disappear altogether, cutting off the summer water supply for millions of people, according to scientists studying the
region's climate.
The research showed that
disappearing ice
in the Arctic
regions of North America controlled the warming trend as the Ice Age
glaciers retreated.
«Mountain
glaciers and snow cover have declined on average
in both hemispheres, and may
disappear altogether
in certain
regions of our planet, such as the Himalayas, by 2030 ″
Three Himalayan
glaciers have been shrinking over the past 40 years due to global warming and two of them, located
in humid
regions and on lower altitudes
in central and east Nepal, may
disappear in the future, researchers
in Japan said on Tuesday.