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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
Dying Himalayan Glaciers Are a Threat 1125.rtf - Melting creates out let lakes. They grow ever larger, and then they overflow. This is worst where falling rocks and hillsides, formerly held together by ice, fall into these full lakes, creating tsunamis coursing downstream from the lakes, wiping out villages, infrastructure, and lives.
Why Sea Levels Are Rising the Fastest in the Last 4,000 Years 1025.rtf
‘Stable’ Patagonia Glacier Can’t Stand the Heat, Is in Irreversible Decline 0725.rtfAlpine Glaciers in Full Retreat as Global Warming Speeds Melting 0625.rtfSwiss Village Almost All Destroyed after Glacier Collapse Buries It in Mud 0525.rtfGlacier Meltdown Risks Food and Water Supply of 2 Billion People - UN 0325.rtfWorld's Glaciers Melting Faster than Ever Before Recorded 0225.rtfMelting Alps Glacier Means Switzerland and Italy’s Border Has to Move 0924.rtfTime Is Running Out to See These Glaciers 0824.rtfWhat a Glacier Leaves Behind when it Melts 0824.rtfMelting Alaska Glacier Keeps Inundating Juneau. Floods Are Getting Worse. 0824.rtfTropical Glaciers in the Andes Are the Smallest They’ve Been in 11,700 Years 0824.rtfMost Western Canada Glaciers Will Melt in 80 Years 0123.rtfWildfires Devastated Jasper. Their Soot & Ash Put Alberta's Glaciers at Risk. 0824.rtfVenezuela Loses Its Last Glacier 0524.rtfChill Winds Blowing down Himalaya Glacier Slopes Can Slow Their Ice Melt 1223.rtfPeru Has Lost More than Half Its Water Reserves, as Glaciers Melt Rapidly 1123.rtfThe ‘Forever’ Glaciers of America’s West Aren’t Forever Anymore 0923.rtfAlpine Heat Wave Pushes Freezing Level Above Europe’s Glaciers 0823.rtfChinese Scientists Are Trying to Shield Melting Glaciers From the Sun 0723.rtfReeling Arctic Glaciers Are Leaving Bubbling Methane in Their Wake 0723.rtfPandemic Drop in Air Pollution Boosted Himalayan Snowpack 0623.rtfHimalayan 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.Click for moreFor Uganda’s Vanishing Glaciers, Time Is Running Out 0423.rtfAs Glaciers Melt, Sudden Flood Risks Threaten 15 Million People 0223.rtfLarge (Hinman) Glacier near Seattle Has Finally ‘Completely Disappeared’ 0223.rtfHalf of Earth’s Glaciers Could Melt, Even if Key 1.5°C Warming Goal Is Met 0123.rtfSatellites Show Climate Change Thinning Rivers, Erasing Glaciers 1122.rtfAs the 3rd Pole Melts, Climate Diplomacy Is Hard to Come By 1122.rtf1:3 of Glaciers in World Heritage Sites to Disappear by 2050 - 1122.rtfBattle of the Alps? Water Woes Loom amid Climate Change 1022.rtfAs Himalayan Glaciers Melt, a Water Crisis Looms in South Asia 1022.rtfSwiss Glaciers See Worst Melt on Record, in Back-to-Back Heat Waves 0922.rtfSwitzerland’s Glaciers Are Becoming a Front-Row Seat to Climate Destruction 0922.rtfSwiss Glaciers Lost an Area the Size of Manhattan Every 10 Years since 1931 - 0822.rtfGlaciers in Europe Are Experiencing the Most Severe Melting on Record 0822.rtfMore Mountain Glacier Collapses Feared as Heat Waves Engulf Northern Hemisphere 0722.rtf2nd Glacier Avalanche in a Week Shows Dangers of a Warming Climate 0722.rtfItalian Alps Glacier Collapse Kills 6, amid Record Temperatures 0722.rtfWe Need Glaciers as Western Canada’s Best Friends against Climate Change 0622.rtfThin Glaciers Suggest Andes Faces ‘Peak Water' Sooner than Thought 0222.rtfWater Supplies from Glaciers May Peak Sooner than Anticipated 0222.rtfEarth’s Highest Glacier, on Mt. Everest, Is Losing Decades of Ice Each Year 0222.rtfHimalayan Glaciers Are Melting at an Extraordinary Rate 1221.rtf - 10 times faster in the past 4 decades than during the previous 7 centuriesClimate Change Making Canadian Rockies Lakes Lose Their Turquoise Color 0921.rtfGlaciers All over the World Are Shrinking Fast 0621.rtfIn ‘Glacier Blood,’ Scientists See Possible Influence of Climate Change 0621.rtfMeltwater Pulse 1A - Melting Ice Sheets Caused Sea Levels Rise Up to 18 Meters 0421.rtfMelting ice Threatens Glaciers in the Italian Alps 0521.rtfAs Glaciers Disappear in Alaska, the Rest of the World’s Ice Follows 0521.rtfWorld Will Lose 10% of Glacier Ice, Even if It Hits Climate Targets 0421.rtfAlaska’s Muldrow Glacier on Denali Is Moving 100 Times Faster Than Normal 0421.rtfMoraine Movement Governs Advance and Retreat of Tidewater Glaciers 0221.rtfRapidly Disappearing Tuni Glacier Raises Concerns for Bolivian Water Scarcity 0121.rtf3rd Pole Thaw – China’s Glaciers in Retreat 1120.rtfEllesmere Island Ice Shelf Collapses in Canada 0820.rtfAlpine Glaciers Shrank Nearly 20% Over the Past 2 Decades 0720.rtfNew Insights into Rapidly Retreating Andes Glaciers 0120.rtfThe World's Supply of Fresh Water Is in Trouble, as Mountain Ice Vanishes 1219.rtfAmazon Fires ‘Quicken Andean Glacier Melt' 1119.rtf - drifting soot from fires darkens ice, hastening meltPeruvian Glaciers Have Shrunk by 30% since 2000 - 1019.rtfMont Blanc Glacier Could Collapse at Any Moment 0919.rtfAnnual Assessment of North Cascades Glaciers Finds ‘Shocking Loss’ of Volume 0919.rtfHeat Waves Amplify Near-Record Levels of Ice Melt in Northern Hemisphere 0819.rtfHimalayan Glaciers Are Melting Twice as Fast as Late Last Century 0619.rtfHow Dust from Receding Glaciers Is Affecting the Climate 0619.rtfMelting Glaciers Threaten Asia's Drought Buffer 0519.rtfClimate Change May Wipe Out 90% of Glaciers in the Alps by 2100 - 0419.rtfEarth’s Non-Polar Glaciers Melting Much Faster than Previously Thought 0419.rtfMassive 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 warmerNorth American Glaciers Melting Much Faster than 10 Years Ago 0119.rtf - in British Columbia, Washington not so muchThen 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.rtfIn Mount Everest Region, World's Highest Glaciers Are Melting, Receding 1118.rtfScientists Warn of Lower Water Supply due to Melting Glaciers after 2060 - 1118.rtfDry Lakes and Dust Storms at Yukon Glaciers Are Warning for Planet 1018.rtfNew Zealand's Melting Glaciers 0818.rtfClimate Change Is Melting the French Alps, Say Mountaineers 0818.rtf100s of Arctic Glaciers Shrinking, Disappearing into ‘City of Icebergs’ 0718.rtfHimalayan Glaciers Are Wasting Away, Threatening Mountain Communities 0518.rtfAs Glaciers Melt, Tourism Dries Up in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca 0118.rtfGanges under Threat from Climate Change 1017.rtf - retreat of Gangtori glacier, Ganges headwatersLimiting Global Warming to 1.5°C Could Save 2:3 of Asia’s Glacier Ice 0917.rtfPeru’s Flood of Problems 0817.rtfWorld's “Highest" Village Runs Dry, as Warming Hits Himalayas 0817.rtfScientists Rescue Samples of Melting Bolivian Glacier for Posterity 0617.rtfGoing, Going ... Glacier National Park's Iconic Glaciers Are Melting Away 0517.rtfClimate Change Is Taking Big Bite Out of Alpine Glaciers 0417.rtfClimate Climax in Nepal 0417.rtfClimate Change is on Pace to Kill an Ice Age Remnant 0317.rtfLa Paz Adapts to a World without Water 0217.rtf - Chacaltaya glacier “breathed its last” in 2009As Arctic Warms, Canada's Glaciers Play Major Role in Sea Level Rise 0217.rtf - esp. on islands in ArcticShrinking Mountain Glaciers Are ‘Categorical Evidence’ of Climate Change 1216.rtfBolivian Water Crisis as Glaciers Vanish 1116.rtfMelting Glaciers in Bolivia Could Wash Away Towns 1016.rtfHow Air Pollution Is Causing the World’s ‘3rd Pole’ to Melt 0816.rtfCrisis on High, in Tibet 0716.rtfRetreating Glaciers a Sign of Alaska’s Major Meltdown 0716.rtfAs Glaciers Melt in Alaska, Landslides Follow 0716.rtf95% of Glaciers on Tibetan Plateau Receded 0616.rtfMelting Glaciers Are Filling Unstable Lakes. And They’re Growing. 0920.rtfIn Peru’s Deserts, Melting Glaciers Are a Godsend (Until They’re Gone) 1117.rtfTo Save Shrinking Glaciers, Cover Them with Snow All Summer 0517.rtfThe Rockies' Largest Glaciers Are Melting with Little Fanfare 0917.rtfClimate Change Is Melting Everest’s Ice 0416.rtfRapid Melt Making Popular New Zealand Glaciers Too Dangerous to Hike 0316.rtfEl Niño Means Glaciers in the Andes Are Melting at Record Rates 0116.rtfChinese Glacier's 'Retreat Signals Trouble for Asian Water Supply 1215.rtfLakes Expanding 'Dangerously' in Everest Glacier 1115.rtfCentral Asia's Glaciers Are Quickly Shrinking 0815.rtfSpeed of Worldwide Glacier Retreat Is Unprecedented 0815.rtfAlaska’s Glaciers Now Lose 75 Billion Tons of Ice per Year = 1:2 of Antarctic Loss 0615.rtfClimate Change Could Shrink Mount Everest’s Glaciers by 70% - 0515.rtfHow Western Canada Glaciers Will Melt Away 0415.rtfGoodbye, Glaciers? 0415.rtfOn Kilimanjaro - 'We Were Climbing Ice That Isn’t Going to Be There Next Week' 0115.rtfPeru's Melting Glaciers a Deadly Threat, as Temperatures Rise 1214.rtfMelting of Andes Glaciers Threatens Andean Countries 1214.rtfAndes Glaciers, Ailing Giants Hit by Climate Change 1214.rtf - some overlap with article aboveClimate Change Threatens to Strip the Identity of Glacier National Park 1114.rtfWhat Climate Change Means for a Land of Glaciers 1114.rtf - North CascadesIn Alaska 2013, Kenai’s Icefield Lost 28 Vertical Feet; Exit Glacier Retreated 187 - 1014.rtfHumans Seen as Biggest Force Behind Glacier Meltdown 0814.rtfAs Mountain Snow Fails and Glaciers Melt, Pakistan Faces Water Threats 0514.rtfNepal Clacier Change Analysis.pdf 100 ppGlobal Warming Fragments Himalayan Glaciers- 29% Ice Loss in 30 Years 0514.rtfSentinel Satellite Spies Ice Cap Speed-Up 0514.rtfAlaska's ‘Ice-Quake' Record Could Shake Up Climate Science 0514.rtfGlaciers Melt Fastest in 5,000 Year Record 0308.rtfVanishing Glaciers Plague Bolivia 1209.rtfKilimanjaro Snows Gone by 2022 1109.rtfAndes Tropical Glaciers Going Fast 0413.rtf1,600 Years of Ice in Andes Melted in 25 Years 0413.rtfThird Pole Glaciers Shrinking, Aided by Black Carbon 0313.rtfGlacier Meltwater Catastrophes Are Forming High in the Andes 0313.rtfCanadian Glaciers Face Big Losses 0313.rtfMassive Melting of Andes Glaciers 0113.rtfMelting in Peru's Andes 1112.rtfPatagonian Glaciers Melt Rate Accelerates 0912.rtfHimalayan Glaciers Grow in West, Shrink Elsewhere 0812.rtfWorld Glaciers to Shrink 40% if Warming Stops Now 0412.rtfSome Asian Glaciers Adding Mass 0412.rtfFrench Glaciers in Retreat 1211.rtfChina Glaciers in Drastic Retreat 1011.rtfSoot Outdoes CO2 Melting Himalayan Ice 0311.rtfGlaciers Largely Stable in Karakoram Range of Himalayas 0111.rtfIndonesian Glaciers Dying 0710.rtfRwenzori Ice Cap Splits After Shrinking 0510.rtfGlacier National Park Loses 2 More Glaciers 0410.rtfAre Himalayan Glaciers Retreating? 1109.rtfBaffin Ice Cut 50% in 50 Years 0208.rtfAsia Water Towers 0610.rtfMelting Mountain Glaciers Account for 1:3 of Sea Level Rise 0513.rtfSnowpack, 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
Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets Are Melting Rapidly, Driving Sea Level Rise 0423.rtfStudy Shows Just How Quickly the World’s Cryosphere Is Shrinking 0721.rtfMeltwater Pulse 1A - Melting Ice Sheets Caused Sea Levels Rise Up to 18 Meters 0421.rtfEarth Is Now Losing 1.2 Trillion Tons of Ice a Year. It’s Going to Get Worse. 0121.rtf - take 1Global Ice Melt Matches Worst-Case Climate Scenario 0121.rtf - take 2 on studyEarth Has Lost 28 Trillion Tonnes of Ice in Less than 30 Years 0820.rtfPolar Ice Caps Melting 6 x Faster than in 1990s 0320.rtfArctic Report Card Tracks Region’s Warming, Other Environmental Changes 1218.rtfThe Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets under 1.5°C Global Warming 1118.rtfGeo-Engineer Polar Glaciers to Slow Sea-Level Rise 0318.rtfA Radical New Scheme to Prevent Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise 0118.rtfClick for moreArticles
Seas May Rise 8 Feet by 2100, Inundating Land That's Home to 236 Million 1217.rtfIce Apocalypse 1117.rtf - summary by a leading ice scientistThese 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 belowJames Hansen Warns of Much Worse than Expected Sea Level Rise 0316.rtf - take 2 on study belowMelting Glaciers Blamed for Subtle Slowing of Earth's Rotation 1215.rtf5 Trillion Tons of Ice Lost Since 2002 - 0915.rtfSea-Level Rise Accelerating, as Earth's Ice Sheets Melt 0515.rtfClimate Downgrade- Arctic Warming 1112.rtf2013 Arctic Report Card 1213.doc - Summary includes several topical maps. The full report is available below.Polar Ice Mass Change 1112.docPolar Glaciers Accelerate 0306.rtfShepherd, Ivins Polar Ice Mass Loss Reconciled 1112.pdfWhere Has All the Ice Gone? 0313.rtfNASA Satellites Reveal Extent of Global Ice Melt 0812.rtfPolar Ice Loss Quickens 0311.rtfIce Melt Accelerating 1209.rtfIce Sheet Meltdown Accelerates 0909.rtfDrastic Changes in Arctic 1009.rtfIce Mass Balance Change - Antarctica + Greenland 0306.rtf2+ T Tons of Ice Melted Since 2003 1208.rtfArctic & Greenland Ice Melt Fast 1207.rtf
Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms - Hansen 0316.pdf - 20 pp, abridgement of the peer-reviewed publication
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 glaciers 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.)
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