Sentences with phrase «mountain glaciers around the world»

It has always seemed to me that the retreat of mountain glaciers around the world is one of the most compelling pieces of evidence for global warming.

Mountain glaciers around the world have been on the wane as well.

It notes that: 80 % of carbon dioxide emissions come from only 19 countries; the amount of carbon dioxide per US$ 1 GDP has dropped by 23 % since 1992, indicating some decoupling of economic growth from resource use; nearly all mountain glaciers around the world are retreating and getting thinner; and sea levels have been rising at an average rate of about 2.5 mm per year since 1992.

http://www.amnh.org/ology/features/askascientist/question18.php If all the ice covering Antarctica, Greenland, and in mountain glaciers around the world were to melt, sea level would rise about 70 meters (230 feet).

If all the ice covering Antarctica, Greenland, and in mountain glaciers around the world were to melt, sea level would rise about 70 meters (230 feet).

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The study warns that, given no change in greenhouse gas emissions in the near future, around 99 percent of the glaciers around the world's tallest mountain will melt, drastically changing the surrounding environment.

Mountain glaciers are receding rapidly all around the world [26]--[29] with effects on seasonal freshwater availability of major rivers [30]--[32].

Glaciers around the world are shrinking and at risk of disappearing, including those in the mountains of Asia whose ice melt feeds the continent's major rivers during the dry season.

Mountain glaciers are receding rapidly all around the world [26]--[29] with effects on seasonal freshwater availability of major rivers [30]--[32].