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article image Water in glacial lakes has increased 50 percent since 1990 – Digital Journal

As the planet warms, glacial lakes have grown rapidly around the world since the 1990s, according to satellite images that reveal the impact of increased meltwater draining off retreating glaciers.

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September 2, 2020

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As the planet warms, glacial lakes have grown rapidly around the world since the 1990s, according to satellite images that reveal the impact of increased meltwater draining off retreating glaciers.
Scientists analysed a quarter-million NASA satellite images to assess how the lakes formed by melting glaciers have been impacted by global warming over the past 30 years. That glaciers are melting is well established by science, but where all that water is going has not…

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