UN: Global warming to melt major glaciers by 2050 — including Yosemite's

'Glaciers in a third of the 50 World Heritage sites are condemned to disappear,' report warns.

"What is quite unprecedented in the historical record is how quickly this is happening," said Beata Csatho, a glaciologist from the University of Buffalo, to"In the middle of the 1900s, glaciers were quite stable. Then there is this incredibly fast retreat," added Csatho, who was not involved in the study.

Thomas Slater, a glaciologist at the United Kingdom's University of Leeds, who also wasn't involved in the research,"we should take hope in the fact that reducing emissions can save the majority" of glaciers. This would "avoid disruption to the water supply of millions of people worldwide who live downstream," he said.Nahanni National Park .Natural System Of Wrangel Island Reserve .Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest .Hyrcanian Forests .

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