The world is heading towards a 'glacier extinction peak': up to 4,000 glaciers are disappearing each year

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The world is heading towards a 'glacier extinction peak': up to 4,000 glaciers are disappearing each year

Thousands of glaciers have disappeared in recent decades and, as the world continues to warm, they are expected to vanish at an ever-increasing rate. A new study gives an idea of how quickly this could happen, and it's frightening.

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