Melting Glaciers

The retreat of glaciers since 1850 affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier-melt, and, in the longer term, the level of the oceans.

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Norway's Melting Glaciers Are Spilling Out Troves of Lost Artifacts

Melting glaciers accelerate sea level rise and put drinking water supply at risk - EurekAlert

Melting glaciers increase loss of freshwater resources and rise global sea levels - EurekAlert

Alaska’s Melting Glaciers Fuel Rapid Lake Expansion

Melting Glaciers Are Causing Billions of Dollars of Damage

Could Iron from Melting Glaciers Affect Global Climate?

See the magnificent but melting glaciers of the Rwenzori mountains

What Lies Beneath Melting Glaciers and Thawing Permafrost? Precious Metals, Fossil Fuels, and Deadly Microbes

The Looming Crisis of Melting Glaciers: What It Means for Our World

15 million people live in possible flood path for melting glaciers

Rapidly Melting Glaciers Are Releasing a Staggering Payload of Unknown Bacteria

‘Vast’ mass of microbes being released by melting glaciers

Greenland’s Melting Glaciers Spew a Complicated Treasure: Sand

Melting Glaciers Could Release Deadly Microbes, Scientists Suggest

Melting glaciers reveal 1,700-year-old weapons used by reindeer hunters

Melting Glaciers Could Produce 1,000s of Miles of New Pacific Salmon Habitat

Melting glaciers may produce thousands of kilometers of new Pacific salmon habitat

Melting Glaciers May Produce Thousands of Miles of New Pacific Salmon Habitat

Melting glaciers may produce thousands of kilometers of new salmon habitat