Global Glaciers Face Critical Extinction Milestone by Mid-21st Century
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A new study warns that up to 4,000 glaciers could disappear annually by mid-century due to climate change, with the peak extinction rate depending on global warming levels, potentially leading to the loss of most glaciers worldwide and significant ecological and cultural impacts.
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- World heading toward ‘peak glacier extinction’ with up to 4,000 set to disappear a year CNN
- Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century Nature
- Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years The Guardian
- The Alps to lose a record number of glaciers in the next decade EurekAlert!
- Scientists Reveal When the World’s Glaciers Could Disappear SciTechDaily
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