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Nearly 40% of the world’s glaciers are already doomed, scientists say
The world’s glaciers are in dire health with almost 40% of their total mass already doomed even if global temperatures ...
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Glaciers are becoming smaller and disappearing, finds new inventory
More information: Andrew G. Fountain et al, Inventory of glaciers and perennial snowfields of the conterminous USA, Earth System Science Data (2023). DOI: 10.5194/essd-15-4077-2023 ...
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The Doomsday Glacier is melting − fast. How sea level rise could drench the world map.
Study lead author Eric Rignot of the University of California, Irvine told USA TODAY that there's much more seawater flowing into the glacier than had been previously thought. These "intrusions ...
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Combined speeds of climate and land-use change of the conterminous US until 2050
Figure 1: The speed and velocity (km decade −1) of climate and land-use change across the conterminous US, from 2001–2010 to 2041–2050 under RCP 6.0 and 1990s land-use scenarios. The ...
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Most of Western Canada's glaciers will melt in 80 years, University of Northern B.C. study finds
A study by international researchers using a supercomputer at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has found that most of Western Canada's glaciers ... and the conterminous U.S ...
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Aboveground Woody Biomass and Carbon Stock of the Conterminous United States (IMAGE)
This map shows the first high-resolution (ca. hectare scale) map of aboveground live dry biomass and carbon stock for the conterminous United States. Sample postings are 30 meters and are ...
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Most of Western Canada's glaciers will melt in 80 years, UNBC study finds
A study by international researchers using a supercomputer at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has found that most of Western Canada's glaciers ... and the conterminous U.S ...