Study warns that glaciers’ ability to cool ambient air faces imminent decline
Glaciers fight climate change by cooling the air that touches their surface. But for how long? The Pellicciotti group at ...
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The glaciers melt faster than ever, threatening the biodiversity and stability of the ecosystem worldwide
The retreat of the planet's glaciers is one of the most visible and dramatic indicators of the large -scale impact ...
Glaciers are melting and trees are burning: the identity crisis of America’s great parks
Glacier National Park will soon have none left. The giant trees of Sequoia Park are burning. Even the cacti in ...
Melting glaciers destroy important climate data archives
As part of the Ice Memory initiative, researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), in collaboration with colleagues from the ...
Modeling study finds Alpine glaciers will lose at least a third of their volume by 2050
Even if global warming stopped completely, the volume of ice in the European Alps would decrease by 34% by 2050. ...
