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Glacier change

Dynamic projections

Mountain glaciers around the world are in decay. According to a modelling study that — unusually — includes full ice flow physics, those in Western Canada will largely be restricted to the coastal region by the year 2100.

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Figure 1: Glacier area by satellite.

USGS–GLOVS/LC80500242014263LGN00

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Vieli, A. Dynamic projections. Nature Geosci 8, 332–333 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2425

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