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fromSnowBrains
1 day ago

This is How Current Glacier Health and the Future of Year-Round Skiing in the Oregon Cascades Looks - SnowBrains

Oregon Cascades glaciers are rapidly shrinking: 15% extinct, 12% expected to vanish soon, and 24% projected to disappear by 2050 from climate-driven warming.
Science
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

The Truth About That Scary New Glacier Study

The world is losing roughly 1,000 glaciers per year, a rate likely to increase, with profound local cultural, economic, and ecological consequences.
Environment
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Thousands of glaciers to melt each year by midcentury, study finds

Up to 4,000 glaciers could melt annually by midcentury if global warming is not curbed, leaving only a small fraction by 2100.
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