Yesterday, the Vernal Equinox, was also World Day For Glaciers, as decided by the UN General Assembly in 2022. It is celebrated to promote the world conservation of glaciers, a critical source of drinking water.
Glaciers don't normally vary much in extent unless there are changes in climate and they seem to be shrinking now because of global warming induced by human activities. According to Sulagna Mishra of the World Meteorological Organization, by the end of the century glaciers may have disappeared.
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Sulagna Mishra
Michael Zemp of the World Glacier Monitoring Service at the University of Zurich says that glaciers have lost 9 trillion tons of mass since 1975.
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Michael Zemp
The Glacier of the Year for 2025 is the South Cascade Glacier in Washington state, USA, continuously monitored since 1952.
The European country with the most glaciers is Switzerland and Glacier Monitoring Switzerland maintains that if the global temperature rises more than 2 C survival of their glaciers is unlikely.
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