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Mountain Glaciers Hold Less Ice Than Previously Thought — It's A Concern For Future Water Supplies But A Drop In The Bucket For Sea Level Rise

  2023-06-25 (or before) in wateronline.com

<p>Mountain glaciers are essential water sources for nearly a quarter of the global population. But figuring out just how much ice they hold &mdash; and how much water will be available as glaciers shrink in a warming world &mdash; has been notoriously difficult. In a new study, scientists mapped the speed of over 200,000 glaciers to get closer to an answer.</p>

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