Great melt predicted by end of century

[Swede]

These warnings are becoming an almost daily drumbeat.


A fifth of the ice in the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps will disappear by 2100, with some regions losing as much as 75 per cent of their ice, according to an international study.

In the most detailed assessment yet of glaciers, which are often described as the world's water towers, the study found the European Alps, as well as New Zealand, could lose three-quarters of their ice by the end of the century, while high mountainous regions in Asia may lose 10 per cent.

In Western Canada and the United States, 50 per cent of glacier ice could disappear by 2100, which could have substantial impacts on regional power dams and water supplies.



Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Great+melt+predicted+century/4084629/story.html#ixzz1AfUEaA1F

[pintobean]

1. More from your link

"Global warming's effect on glaciers is a poorly understood and controversial aspect of climate change. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, has gone so far as to say Himalayan glaciers could melt away by 2035 -- a prediction UN officials now admit was a big mistake. The meltdown of the Himalayan glaciers, they now say, is not going to be nearly as rapid or dire."

[Nye Bevan]

2. Not the best timing for a global warming story (nt)