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The reduction of ice shelves and glaciers throughout the globe has environmental scientists speculating about the effects of climate change on the Earth's supply of ice. With 69% of the worlds fresh water locked up in glaciers and icecaps, global ice loss has become an issue of growing concern.
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Fast Facts
- 69% of fresh water is in glaciers and icecapsSolcom House: Glaciers and Ice Sheets
- 10% of the Earth is covered by glaciers
- Bering Glacier is the largest glacier in the U.S.
- Almost 500,000 sq/mi of sea ice depletion in the last three decades
- 2007: United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) issued a report on the subject
- Rising sea levels
- Lost access to drinking water
- Increased risk of flooding
- Acceleration of global warming
- Sea level rises 0.005 inches per year
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Consequences
A 2007 U.N. report determined that glacial reduction in the mountains of Asia could have catastrophic effects for the 40% of the world's population that relies on the glaciers for drinking water and irrigation. The study determined that the current rate of sea rise as a result of the melting ice will expose millions to greater risk of flooding.BBC: UN warning over global ice loss (June 4, 2007) -
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YouTube Video: David Attenborough: Glaciers (Time 1:38)
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BBC News: UN warning over global ice loss
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National Geographic: Global Melting, Big Thaw (2007)
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NASA: Loss In Arctic Sea Ice
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National Geographic: Vanishing Sea Ice Photo Gallery (2007)
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UNEP: Global Outlook for Ice and Snow - Maps and Graphics
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Blog: TreeHugger: Global Melting Ice Search
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YouTube Video: David Attenborough: Glaciers (Time 1:38)
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Antarctica's ice loss helps offset global warming: study http://bit.ly/mIPfS #tcot \Earth has mechanisms to regulate itself. Gore isn't one.
@kristokoff | November 12, 2009 04:12 AM -
Study:Antarctica's ice loss helps offset global warming. 9200 sq. mi of new open water colonized by phytoplankton http://bit.ly/22eHuF
@wayneericksen | November 12, 2009 01:11 AM -
RT @SherriACP: RT @NewsBusters: #tcot Headline: 'Antarctica's Ice Loss Helps Offset Global Warming' http://ow.ly/16 (cont) http://tl.gd/tjv0
@LesleyDewar | November 12, 2009 12:10 AM -
http://j.mp/1cK8CA. Isn't the issue with global warming, ice melt and rising sea levels related to ice loss on land (cont) http://tl.gd/tjul
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Ice Loss Offsets Global Warming | Renewable Energy http://bit.ly/2iMIbB
@renewingenergy | November 11, 2009 11:56 PM
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Global Ice Loss Media
- LiveScience: Image Gallery: Glaciers Before and After
- LiveScience: Image Gallery: Ice of the Antarctic
- Earth Observatory: Melting Ice Reveals New Island off Greenland
- Video: Loss of Arctic sea ice (2006)
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Areas Most Affected by Global Ice Loss
- Arctic
- BBC News: Arctic ice 'disappearing quickly' (2005)
- Antarctica
- WashingtonPost.com: "Antarctic Glaciers' Sloughing Ice..." (2006)
- Greenland
- MSNBC: Greenland's glaciers losing ice at faster rate (2007)
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