Glaciers melting rapidly call for action

Scientists reveal unexpected cause of change in massive glacier: 'We should be concerned about this'

Scientists from Norway and the United States have discovered an unexpected cause behind the melting of Europe's third largest glacier, known as Austfonna — meaning "eastern ice cap." Their findings explain why the glacier has been shrinking even when it has been cold outside. What's happening? Austfonna is an ice cap, a domed glacier flowing outward in every direction. This one currently covers a huge portion of Nordaustlandet, an island that is…

Glaciers melting rapidly call for action

The world has lost 5% of its ice volume over the past 20 years, with an annual melt of 273 billion tons, according to a recent study by the United Nations (UN) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Regions like Europe (39% loss), the Caucasus and Middle East (35%), and New Zealand (29%) were heavily impacted as all 19 glacier regions globally lost mass in 2024 for the third consecutive year, with the 2022-2024 period marking the large…

Three photographs show the death of the Mexican glaciers. The first one, taken during the 1920s in black and white, shows the feet of the sleeping woman, the Iztaccihuatl, covered in snow. A rock looks slightly at one of its walls and at the bottom is the tip of the Popocatépetl, which from the perspective looks as if it were just a couple of meters away, also bathed in white. In the second, captured in 1999 in the same place and this time in co…

The glaciers found in Citlaltépetl, Iztacíhuatl and Popocatépetl that are in Mexican territory are at risk of disappearing in the next five years, UNAM warned. On TV Azteca Puebla we bring you the details about the consequences of the melting of the three glaciers of Mexico.

Mexican glaciers barely survive: Popocatépetl, Citlaltépetl and Iztaccíhuatl The decrease in water they provide affects the local climate, agriculture and availability of this resource Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Municipalities Puebla barely survive the Mexican glaciers: Popocatépetl, Citlaltépetl and Iztacíhuatl Nación Mexico.- In the next five years the three remaining glaciers in the territory (Citlaltépetl, Iztacíhuatl and …

The decrease in water they provide affects the local climate, agriculture and availability of this resource, said Hugo Delgado Granados Mexico City.- In the next five years the three remaining glaciers in the territory (Citlaltépetl, Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl) could disappear in Mexico, especially because recently the Pico de Orizaba “appears to be in frank awakening”, warned the researcher of the Institute of Geophysics of UNAM, Hugo Delgad…