Good-bye glaciers: 390 billion tons of snow and ice melts each year as globe warms

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/08/glaciers-melting-ice-melts-due-global-warming-sea-levels-rise/3405569002/

Thanks to global warming, our planet's glaciers continue to melt away, losing up to 390 billion tons of ice and snow per year, a new study suggests.


The largest losses were glaciers in Alaska, followed by the melting ice fields in southern South America and glaciers in the Arctic.

"Over 30 years, suddenly almost all regions started losing mass at the same time," said study lead author Michael Zemp of the University of Zurich. "That's clearly climate change if you look at the global picture."

He said glaciers could almost disappear in some mountain ranges by the end of the century, including those in the U.S.

The world's seas have risen about an inch in the past 50 years just due to glacier melt alone, according to the study.

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[real Cannabis calm]

1. This is simply the tip of the iceberg on Climate Change dangers

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2. Nothing will be done.

Climate Denialism is a fundamental plank of the Republican Party's platform. Even if they are not in power, they will stop any meaningful action in the Senate and the courts.

They've gone beyond the Oil and Gas Industry's most absurd propaganda at this point.

Glaciers = FUCKED.