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Climate change has turned many glaciers into lakes since 1990, study finds | Daily Sabah – Daily Sabah
The volume of lakes formed as glaciers worldwide melt due to climate change has jumped by 50% in 30 years, according to a new study based on satellite data.
"We have known…
The volume of lakes formed as glaciers worldwide melt due to climate change has jumped by 50% in 30 years, according to a new study based on satellite data.
“We have known that not all meltwater is making it into the oceans immediately,” lead author Dan Shugar, a geomorphologist and associate professor at the University of Calgary, said in a statement.
“But until now there was no data to estimate how much was being stored in lakes or groundwater.”
The findings, published Monday in Nature Clim…
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