The melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study.




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Alaska glaciers may hit irreversible melting point sooner than expected, study finds


Glaciers in the Juneau Icefield in southeastern Alaska are melting at a faster rate than previously thought and may reach an irreversible tipping point sooner than expected, according to a study published on Tuesday.

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A new study says the melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it

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Melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield accelerates, losing snow nearly 5 times faster than in the 1980s

AP Science Writer A new study says the melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s. Tuesday’s study finds that it was slowly losing snow since the 18th century, but then that melt rate sped up about 10 years ago. The melting ice is producing on average 50,000 gallons of water every second. Scientists blame climate change. …

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Glaciers in the Juneau Icefield in southeastern Alaska are melting at a faster rate than previously thought and may reach an irreversible tipping point sooner than expected, according to a study published on Tuesday.Researchers at Newcastle University in England found that glacier loss in the icefield, lo

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The melt rate of a major Alaskan icefield is accelerating and could reach a point of no return much sooner than previously anticipated, a new study has found. The thawing of glaciers in the Juneau Icefield, which connects Alaska and British Columbia, has surged dramatically since 2010, according to the study published Tuesday in the Nature…

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Alaskan glacier melt is accelerating — and the effects could be irreversible: Study

The melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study.

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Melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield accelerates, losing snow nearly 5 times faster than in the 1980s

Scientists label their findings, which show glaciers could face rapid and irreversible retreat sooner than expected, as ‘very worrying’.

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Alaskan glacier melt has accelerated sharply in recent years, study finds

The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study.

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“What’s happening is that as the climate is changing, we’re getting shorter winters and longer summers,” study lead author Bethan Davies, a glaciologist at Newcastle University in England.

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Accelerating glacier volume loss on Juneau Icefield driven by hypsometry and melt-accelerating feedbacks - Nature Communications

Melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield accelerates, losing snow nearly 5 times faster than in the 1980s

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