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Cumulative Decrease in Global Glacier Ice
As temperatures have risen, glaciers around the world have shrunk. The graph shows the cumulative decline in glacier ice worldwide. Image Reference: Meier et al.1
References
- 1. [27] Meier, MF, M. B. Dyurgerov, UK Rick, S. O'Neel, WT Pfeffer, RS Anderson, SP Anderson, and AF Glazovsky. "Glaciers dominate Eustatic sea-level rise in the 21st century." Science 317, no. 5841 (2007): 1064-1067.
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