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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 ...
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 ...
The Cool Down on MSN4d
Scientists issue grim warning after analyzing glacier collapse timeline: 'Much of this damage cannot simply be undone'
"The longer we delay emissions cuts, the more we burden future generations with irreversible change." Scientists issue grim ...
Nature10y
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 ...
EurekAlert!3y
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 ...
The Weather Network2y
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 ...