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TexasTowelie

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Thu Sep 1, 2022, 02:09 AM Sep 2022

Swiss glaciers disappearing at record speed due to climate change - BBC News



Swiss glaciers, which attract skiers and climbers and are essential to Europe’s water supply, have been disappearing at record speed.

A new study shows that Switzerland’s glaciers have lost more than half their volume in less than 100 years.

This year’s hot summer has accelerated the loss of ice.
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Swiss glaciers disappearing at record speed due to climate change - BBC News (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2022 OP
The entire world is melting. Brenda Sep 2022 #1

Brenda

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1. The entire world is melting.
Thu Sep 1, 2022, 06:48 AM
Sep 2022

Fresh water for drinking, sanitation and crops is disappearing alarmingly fast. Food shortages and massive climate refugee caravans coming very soon. So sad to see civilization reduced to using almost useless white tarps on mountains.

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