Expert shares horror map of what would happen to US if glaciers melted overnight

Expert shares horror map of what would happen to US if glaciers melted overnight

Scientists have warned glaciers in many regions will not survive the 21st century

Glaciers are powerful, but vulnerable: they disappear faster and faster, and more than 9000 billion tons of ice are already lost. What the consequences are – and what makes hope.

New study finds that the world’s glaciers are melting at an accelerating rate

The rapid melting of glaciers due to climate change will have disastrous consequences for humanity.

How can we slow the seemingly inevitable melting of glaciers? While halting carbon emissions is imperative, discussions are emerging about the status of glaciers, while municipalities are questioning the all-skiing policy. Bourg-Saint-Maurice (Savoie), report About twenty children take the stage. A little shy, they hold a declaration in their hands, from which they take turns reading a few lines. "Hey, humans, instead of melting us, don't you wa…

Hope in the Ice: The Urgent Fight to Preserve Glaciers Before They Vanish

Glaciers are in the spotlight in 2025, through the UN International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP) and the inaugural World Day of Glaciers on March 21. The latter event was celebrated with high-level ceremonies at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and UN Headquarters in New York City. The UN special year is jointly co-facilitated by UNESCO and the WMO, but the governments of Tajikistan and France, and many organizations, including the MRI,…

How to save a glacier

Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see their progress with the naked eye. (Their pace is … glacial.) But these massive bodies of ice do march downhill, with potentially planet-altering consequences.   There’s a lot we don’t understand about how glaciers move and how soon some of the most significant ones could collapse into the sea. That could be a problem, since melting glaciers could lead to multiple feet of sea-level rise this centur…