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From State of the Climate in 2021 - World Meteorlogical Organization, October 2021.
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2018-2025 Articles
2018-2025 Articles
Glacier Meltdown Risks Food and Water Supply of 2 Billion People - UN 0325.rtf
World's Glaciers Melting Faster than Ever Before Recorded 0225.rtf
Melting Alps Glacier Means Switzerland and Italy’s Border Has to Move 0924.rtf
Time Is Running Out to See These Glaciers 0824.rtf
What a Glacier Leaves Behind when it Melts 0824.rtf
Melting Alaska Glacier Keeps Inundating Juneau. Floods Are Getting Worse. 0824.rtf
Tropical Glaciers in the Andes Are the Smallest They’ve Been in 11,700 Years 0824.rtf
Most Western Canada Glaciers Will Melt in 80 Years 0123.rtf
Wildfires Devastated Jasper. Their Soot & Ash Put Alberta's Glaciers at Risk. 0824.rtf
Venezuela Loses Its Last Glacier 0524.rtf
Chill Winds Blowing down Himalaya Glacier Slopes Can Slow Their Ice Melt 1223.rtf
Peru Has Lost More than Half Its Water Reserves, as Glaciers Melt Rapidly 1123.rtf
The ‘Forever’ Glaciers of America’s West Aren’t Forever Anymore 0923.rtf
Alpine Heat Wave Pushes Freezing Level Above Europe’s Glaciers 0823.rtf
Chinese Scientists Are Trying to Shield Melting Glaciers From the Sun 0723.rtf
Reeling Arctic Glaciers Are Leaving Bubbling Methane in Their Wake 0723.rtf
Pandemic Drop in Air Pollution Boosted Himalayan Snowpack 0623.rtf
Himalayan Glacier Loss Speeding Up 0623.rtf - 65% faster over 2010-19, vs previous decade. 2022 was record year for ice loss. The region will lose at least 1/3 of its glaciers by 2100.
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For Uganda’s Vanishing Glaciers, Time Is Running Out 0423.rtf
As Glaciers Melt, Sudden Flood Risks Threaten 15 Million People 0223.rtf
Large (Hinman) Glacier near Seattle Has Finally ‘Completely Disappeared’ 0223.rtf
Half of Earth’s Glaciers Could Melt, Even if Key 1.5°C Warming Goal Is Met 0123.rtf
Satellites Show Climate Change Thinning Rivers, Erasing Glaciers 1122.rtf
As the 3rd Pole Melts, Climate Diplomacy Is Hard to Come By 1122.rtf
1:3 of Glaciers in World Heritage Sites to Disappear by 2050 - 1122.rtf
Battle of the Alps? Water Woes Loom amid Climate Change 1022.rtf
As Himalayan Glaciers Melt, a Water Crisis Looms in South Asia 1022.rtf
Swiss Glaciers See Worst Melt on Record, in Back-to-Back Heat Waves 0922.rtf
Switzerland’s Glaciers Are Becoming a Front-Row Seat to Climate Destruction 0922.rtf
Swiss Glaciers Lost an Area the Size of Manhattan Every 10 Years since 1931 - 0822.rtf
Glaciers in Europe Are Experiencing the Most Severe Melting on Record 0822.rtf
More Mountain Glacier Collapses Feared as Heat Waves Engulf Northern Hemisphere 0722.rtf
2nd Glacier Avalanche in a Week Shows Dangers of a Warming Climate 0722.rtf
Italian Alps Glacier Collapse Kills 6, amid Record Temperatures 0722.rtf
We Need Glaciers as Western Canada’s Best Friends against Climate Change 0622.rtf
Thin Glaciers Suggest Andes Faces ‘Peak Water' Sooner than Thought 0222.rtf
Water Supplies from Glaciers May Peak Sooner than Anticipated 0222.rtf
Earth’s Highest Glacier, on Mt. Everest, Is Losing Decades of Ice Each Year 0222.rtf
Himalayan Glaciers Are Melting at an Extraordinary Rate 1221.rtf - 10 times faster in the past 4 decades than during the previous 7 centuries
Climate Change Making Canadian Rockies Lakes Lose Their Turquoise Color 0921.rtf
Glaciers All over the World Are Shrinking Fast 0621.rtf
In ‘Glacier Blood,’ Scientists See Possible Influence of Climate Change 0621.rtf
Meltwater Pulse 1A - Melting Ice Sheets Caused Sea Levels Rise Up to 18 Meters 0421.rtf
Melting ice Threatens Glaciers in the Italian Alps 0521.rtf
As Glaciers Disappear in Alaska, the Rest of the World’s Ice Follows 0521.rtf
World Will Lose 10% of Glacier Ice, Even if It Hits Climate Targets 0421.rtf
Alaska’s Muldrow Glacier on Denali Is Moving 100 Times Faster Than Normal 0421.rtf
Moraine Movement Governs Advance and Retreat of Tidewater Glaciers 0221.rtf
Rapidly Disappearing Tuni Glacier Raises Concerns for Bolivian Water Scarcity 0121.rtf
3rd Pole Thaw – China’s Glaciers in Retreat 1120.rtf
Ellesmere Island Ice Shelf Collapses in Canada 0820.rtf
Alpine Glaciers Shrank Nearly 20% Over the Past 2 Decades 0720.rtf
New Insights into Rapidly Retreating Andes Glaciers 0120.rtf
The World's Supply of Fresh Water Is in Trouble, as Mountain Ice Vanishes 1219.rtf
Amazon Fires ‘Quicken Andean Glacier Melt' 1119.rtf - drifting soot from fires darkens ice, hastening melt
Peruvian Glaciers Have Shrunk by 30% since 2000 - 1019.rtf
Mont Blanc Glacier Could Collapse at Any Moment 0919.rtf
Annual Assessment of North Cascades Glaciers Finds ‘Shocking Loss’ of Volume 0919.rtf
Heat Waves Amplify Near-Record Levels of Ice Melt in Northern Hemisphere 0819.rtf
Himalayan Glaciers Are Melting Twice as Fast as Late Last Century 0619.rtf
How Dust from Receding Glaciers Is Affecting the Climate 0619.rtf
Melting Glaciers Threaten Asia's Drought Buffer 0519.rtf
Climate Change May Wipe Out 90% of Glaciers in the Alps by 2100 - 0419.rtf
Earth’s Non-Polar Glaciers Melting Much Faster than Previously Thought 0419.rtf
Massive Glacier That Formed the Great Lakes Is Disappearing, due to Our CO2 - 0219.rtf - Barnes ice cap on Baffin Island is all that remain of Laurentide glacier that covered Down, Chicago, New York.
1:3 of Himalayan Ice Cap Doomed by 2100 - 0219.rtf - if global warming is held to 1.5°C; more melting if warmer
North American Glaciers Melting Much Faster than 10 Years Ago 0119.rtf - in British Columbia, Washington not so much
Then the Ice Melts - the Catastrophe of Vanishing Glaciers 0119.rtf
2017 Articles and earlier
2017 Articles and earlier
80% of Mountain Glaciers in Alberta, B.C., Yukon Will Disappear within 50 Years 1218.rtf
In Mount Everest Region, World's Highest Glaciers Are Melting, Receding 1118.rtf
Scientists Warn of Lower Water Supply due to Melting Glaciers after 2060 - 1118.rtf
Dry Lakes and Dust Storms at Yukon Glaciers Are Warning for Planet 1018.rtf
New Zealand's Melting Glaciers 0818.rtf
Climate Change Is Melting the French Alps, Say Mountaineers 0818.rtf
100s of Arctic Glaciers Shrinking, Disappearing into ‘City of Icebergs’ 0718.rtf
Himalayan Glaciers Are Wasting Away, Threatening Mountain Communities 0518.rtf
As Glaciers Melt, Tourism Dries Up in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca 0118.rtf
Ganges under Threat from Climate Change 1017.rtf - retreat of Gangtori glacier, Ganges headwaters
Limiting Global Warming to 1.5°C Could Save 2:3 of Asia’s Glacier Ice 0917.rtf
Peru’s Flood of Problems 0817.rtf
World's “Highest" Village Runs Dry, as Warming Hits Himalayas 0817.rtf
Scientists Rescue Samples of Melting Bolivian Glacier for Posterity 0617.rtf
Going, Going ... Glacier National Park's Iconic Glaciers Are Melting Away 0517.rtf
Climate Change Is Taking Big Bite Out of Alpine Glaciers 0417.rtf
Climate Climax in Nepal 0417.rtf
Climate Change is on Pace to Kill an Ice Age Remnant 0317.rtf
La Paz Adapts to a World without Water 0217.rtf - Chacaltaya glacier “breathed its last” in 2009
As Arctic Warms, Canada's Glaciers Play Major Role in Sea Level Rise 0217.rtf - esp. on islands in Arctic
Shrinking Mountain Glaciers Are ‘Categorical Evidence’ of Climate Change 1216.rtf
Bolivian Water Crisis as Glaciers Vanish 1116.rtf
Melting Glaciers in Bolivia Could Wash Away Towns 1016.rtf
How Air Pollution Is Causing the World’s ‘3rd Pole’ to Melt 0816.rtf
Crisis on High, in Tibet 0716.rtf
Retreating Glaciers a Sign of Alaska’s Major Meltdown 0716.rtf
As Glaciers Melt in Alaska, Landslides Follow 0716.rtf
95% of Glaciers on Tibetan Plateau Receded 0616.rtf
Melting Glaciers Are Filling Unstable Lakes. And They’re Growing. 0920.rtf
In Peru’s Deserts, Melting Glaciers Are a Godsend (Until They’re Gone) 1117.rtf
To Save Shrinking Glaciers, Cover Them with Snow All Summer 0517.rtf
The Rockies' Largest Glaciers Are Melting with Little Fanfare 0917.rtf
Climate Change Is Melting Everest’s Ice 0416.rtf
Rapid Melt Making Popular New Zealand Glaciers Too Dangerous to Hike 0316.rtf
El Niño Means Glaciers in the Andes Are Melting at Record Rates 0116.rtf
Chinese Glacier's 'Retreat Signals Trouble for Asian Water Supply 1215.rtf
Lakes Expanding 'Dangerously' in Everest Glacier 1115.rtf
Central Asia's Glaciers Are Quickly Shrinking 0815.rtf
Speed of Worldwide Glacier Retreat Is Unprecedented 0815.rtf
Alaska’s Glaciers Now Lose 75 Billion Tons of Ice per Year = 1:2 of Antarctic Loss 0615.rtf
Climate Change Could Shrink Mount Everest’s Glaciers by 70% - 0515.rtf
How Western Canada Glaciers Will Melt Away 0415.rtf
On Kilimanjaro - 'We Were Climbing Ice That Isn’t Going to Be There Next Week' 0115.rtf
Peru's Melting Glaciers a Deadly Threat, as Temperatures Rise 1214.rtf
Melting of Andes Glaciers Threatens Andean Countries 1214.rtf
Andes Glaciers, Ailing Giants Hit by Climate Change 1214.rtf - some overlap with article above
Climate Change Threatens to Strip the Identity of Glacier National Park 1114.rtf
What Climate Change Means for a Land of Glaciers 1114.rtf - North Cascades
In Alaska 2013, Kenai’s Icefield Lost 28 Vertical Feet; Exit Glacier Retreated 187 - 1014.rtf
Humans Seen as Biggest Force Behind Glacier Meltdown 0814.rtf
As Mountain Snow Fails and Glaciers Melt, Pakistan Faces Water Threats 0514.rtf
Nepal Clacier Change Analysis.pdf 100 pp
Global Warming Fragments Himalayan Glaciers- 29% Ice Loss in 30 Years 0514.rtf
Sentinel Satellite Spies Ice Cap Speed-Up 0514.rtf
Alaska's ‘Ice-Quake' Record Could Shake Up Climate Science 0514.rtf
Glaciers Melt Fastest in 5,000 Year Record 0308.rtf
Vanishing Glaciers Plague Bolivia 1209.rtf
Kilimanjaro Snows Gone by 2022 1109.rtf
Andes Tropical Glaciers Going Fast 0413.rtf
1,600 Years of Ice in Andes Melted in 25 Years 0413.rtf
Third Pole Glaciers Shrinking, Aided by Black Carbon 0313.rtf
Glacier Meltwater Catastrophes Are Forming High in the Andes 0313.rtf
Canadian Glaciers Face Big Losses 0313.rtf
Massive Melting of Andes Glaciers 0113.rtf
Melting in Peru's Andes 1112.rtf
Patagonian Glaciers Melt Rate Accelerates 0912.rtf
Himalayan Glaciers Grow in West, Shrink Elsewhere 0812.rtf
World Glaciers to Shrink 40% if Warming Stops Now 0412.rtf
Some Asian Glaciers Adding Mass 0412.rtf
French Glaciers in Retreat 1211.rtf
China Glaciers in Drastic Retreat 1011.rtf
Soot Outdoes CO2 Melting Himalayan Ice 0311.rtf
Glaciers Largely Stable in Karakoram Range of Himalayas 0111.rtf
Indonesian Glaciers Dying 0710.rtf
Rwenzori Ice Cap Splits After Shrinking 0510.rtf
Glacier National Park Loses 2 More Glaciers 0410.rtf
Are Himalayan Glaciers Retreating? 1109.rtf
Baffin Ice Cut 50% in 50 Years 0208.rtf
Melting Mountain Glaciers Account for 1:3 of Sea Level Rise 0513.rtf
Snowpack, Ice Cover Shrinking on Rocky Mountains, Everest 0513.rtf
Canadian Glaciers Face Big Losses 0313.rtf
Athabaska Glacier retreat over 86 years
Combined Regions
Combined Regions
Articles
Articles
Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets Are Melting Rapidly, Driving Sea Level Rise 0423.rtf
Study Shows Just How Quickly the World’s Cryosphere Is Shrinking 0721.rtf
Meltwater Pulse 1A - Melting Ice Sheets Caused Sea Levels Rise Up to 18 Meters 0421.rtf
Earth Is Now Losing 1.2 Trillion Tons of Ice a Year. It’s Going to Get Worse. 0121.rtf - take 1
Global Ice Melt Matches Worst-Case Climate Scenario 0121.rtf - take 2 on study
Earth Has Lost 28 Trillion Tonnes of Ice in Less than 30 Years 0820.rtf
Polar Ice Caps Melting 6 x Faster than in 1990s 0320.rtf
Arctic Report Card Tracks Region’s Warming, Other Environmental Changes 1218.rtf
The Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets under 1.5°C Global Warming 1118.rtf
Geo-Engineer Polar Glaciers to Slow Sea-Level Rise 0318.rtf
A Radical New Scheme to Prevent Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise 0118.rtf
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Seas May Rise 8 Feet by 2100, Inundating Land That's Home to 236 Million 1217.rtf
Ice Apocalypse 1117.rtf - summary by a leading ice scientist
These Are the Melting Glaciers That Might Someday Drown Your City 1117.rtf - Peterman, Jacobshavn, Zachariae in Greenland. Gravitational effect of ice removal yields differential sea level rise around the world.
We Had All Better Hope These Scientists Are Wrong about Earth’s Future 0316.rtf - take 1 on study below
James Hansen Warns of Much Worse than Expected Sea Level Rise 0316.rtf - take 2 on study below
Melting Glaciers Blamed for Subtle Slowing of Earth's Rotation 1215.rtf
5 Trillion Tons of Ice Lost Since 2002 - 0915.rtf
Sea-Level Rise Accelerating, as Earth's Ice Sheets Melt 0515.rtf
Climate Downgrade- Arctic Warming 1112.rtf
2013 Arctic Report Card 1213.doc - Summary includes several topical maps. The full report is available below.
Polar Ice Mass Change 1112.doc
Polar Glaciers Accelerate 0306.rtf
Shepherd, Ivins Polar Ice Mass Loss Reconciled 1112.pdf
Where Has All the Ice Gone? 0313.rtf
NASA Satellites Reveal Extent of Global Ice Melt 0812.rtf
Polar Ice Loss Quickens 0311.rtf
Ice Melt Accelerating 1209.rtf
Ice Sheet Meltdown Accelerates 0909.rtf
Drastic Changes in Arctic 1009.rtf
Ice Mass Balance Change - Antarctica + Greenland 0306.rtf
Cold icemelt from Antarctica spreads out along the ocean surface. That inhibits the vertical mixing (warmer water to the top) there that has driven the great ocean circulation. In Antarctica, the warmer water below the ice eats away at placiers from underneath. Cold icemelt from Greenland leads to shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation.
Ice losses from Greenland and Antartica grow, modelled as exponentially, with doubling times of 10, 20, or 40 years. Sea level rises non-linearly, 5-9 meters over 50 to 150 years. This is simlar to what happened 120,000 years ago, when sea levels rose from 3-4 meters higher than today to about 9 meters higher, including 2-3 meters within several decades. (For perspective, the sea level range (maximum - minimum) over the recent ice ages was about 125 meters.)
PDF, 20 pp. - abridgement of the peer-reviewed publication
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