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The Alps Set to Lose a Record Number of Glaciers in the Next Decade, Study Warns
A +1.5°C rise could reduce Alpine glaciers to 12% of current numbers by 2100, with peak loss expected between 2033 and 2041, researchers warn.
- An international team led by ETH Zurich modelled glacier losses and warned a record number will disappear from the Alps over the next decade, introducing `Peak Glacier Extinction` to mark peak annual loss.
- Warming scenarios show small glaciers vanish first, then larger ones, while low-elevation mountain regions like Central Europe face concentrated losses and varying timing under scenarios.
- Detailed projections show the Alps retain about 12% of ≈3,000 glaciers at +1.5°C but only about 20 at +4.0°C; globally, 100,000 glaciers survive at +1.5°C versus 18,000 at +4.0°C.
- Regional examples include valley tourism, which could lose more than half their glaciers by 2055, with medium glaciers like the Rhône shrinking and the Aletsch Glacier fragmenting under extreme warming.
- Published in Nature Climate Change, the study led by Dr. Lander Van Tricht dates glacier disappearances and Professor Daniel Farinotti urges policymakers to pursue urgent climate action.
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