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- 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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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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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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Global Ice Loss Questions
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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)
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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On Twitter Powered by Twitter
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#COP15: Antarctic ice loss faster than thought: The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global w http://url4.eu/oIJa
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RT @libertyideals: Global Warming Religion ANTARCTIC-90% of ice. For 30 yrs E Antarctic ice increase> W Antarctic loss http://ow.ly/CvaT
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RT @WWF:COP15: Antarctic ice loss faster than thought: The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global w h..
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#Science Greenland ice loss responsible for a sixth of global sea-level rise: London, November 23 (ANI).. http://bit.ly/4v875d
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"Antarctic ice loss faster than thought - The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global... http://bit.ly/07KOT0e
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