Glaciers are key to biodiversity, which feeds the planet, and to tourism. But unchecked global warming leaves them at great risk by 2050.
Some of the world’s most famous glaciers, including those in the Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks in the U.S., are at great risk of disappearing by 2050 due to global warming.
The most worrisome aspect of the prediction is that the demise of some glaciers, including those beloved by tourists and climbers, could come no matter the degree of temperature rise, according to a UNESCO report. That’s because Earth has already warmed considerably in the industrial era. Other famous glaciers under watch include the Dolomites in Italy, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, as well as those in Argentina’s Los Alerces National Park and at Te Wahipounamu in New Zealand.
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