They’re called rock glaciers, and they might not look like much, but they’ll continue to provide meltwater after the world’s iconic white glaciers are gone.
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Even a small rise in sea level can have big impacts on coastal properties, so we must do all we can to limit the changes while taking them into account in coastal land-use planning.
The Arctic is on average around 3°C warmer than it was in 1980.
The findings underscore the urgency of limiting global warming to below 1.5°C, to avert the most catastrophic climate harms.
Climate change is making ocean levels rise in two ways. It’s a problem that will endure even after the world stabilizes and slashes greenhouse gas pollution.
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Adjunct Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona
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