CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLACIAL MELTING: A POINT OF DEEP CONCERN FOR ALL ...

• Main Author: Dr. Babita Yadav
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Climate change; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7746118; https://zenodo.org/record/7746118

As the Earth warms, its ice begins to melt. Polar bears struggling with their dwindling homes have served as a warning about the melting of the ice caps for years through photos. There is no need to travel all the way to Antarctica to experience the repercussions of climate change, including rising sea levels, shifting boundaries, avalanches, and floods. Glacial melting has come to become a huge concern for environmentalists since the implications it has are gigantic and poses a threat to the entire ecosystem. Glaciers, due to several factors, majorly human activities, are melting very rapidly, calving off into the sea and retreating onto the land. Ice on Earth is changing all over. Since 1912, more than 80% of Kilimanjaro's renowned snowpack has vanished. The majority of the central and eastern Himalayan glaciers may virtually vanish by 2035, according to geologists, since glaciers in the Garhwal Himalaya in India are melting at such a rapid rate. Over the past 50 years, Arctic sea ice has shrunk ...