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Iceland’s glaciers lose 750 km2 in 20 years – Phys.org
Iceland’s glaciers have lost around 750 square kilometers (290 square miles), or seven percent of their surface, since the turn of the millennium due to global…
Iceland’s glaciers have lost around 750 square kilometers (290 square miles), or seven percent of their surface, since the turn of the millennium due to global warming, a study published on Monday showed.
The glaciers, which cover more than 10 percent of the country’s land mass, shrank in 2019 to 10,400 square kilometers, the study in the Icelandic scientific journal Jokull said.
Since 1890, the land covered by glaciers has decreased by almost 2,200 square kilometers, or 18 percent.
But almost a…
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