According to “Reuters,” the following regions had glaciers on the “UNESCO” list:
Regardless of impressions of the Earth’s high temperature, these ice rivers and others will vanish by 2050 as a result of global warming.
According to Reuters, UNESCO monitors over 18600 ice rivers in 50 of its World Heritage sites and stated that they are predicted to vanish by 2050.
While the rest can be saved by maintaining the global temperature at less than 1.
According to the perspective of the normal emissions, if pre-industrial temperatures rise by 5 ° C, approximately half of the ice rivers on the World Heritage List will still be there in 2100.
The ice rivers that made up the World Heritage List, according to UNESCO, made up around 10% of all ice rivers in the world. These ice rivers include some of the most well-known ice rivers in the world, whose loss will be felt keenly since they serve important roles in international tourism.
According to Talle Carvalho, leader of the team that produced the research, the ice rivers designated as a global heritage lose on average 58 billion tonnes of ice year, which is equal to the combined annual water use of France and Spain, and contributes around 5% to the global rise in sea level.
The greatest preventive measure to stop the sharp fall in ice rivers around the world, according to Carvalo, will be a considerable reduction in carbon emissions.
In view of the impending unavoidable shrinking of many of these ice rivers, UNESCO suggests that local authorities be given priority in policies by enhancing monitoring, conducting more research, and putting disaster risk mitigation measures in place.
When the ice lakes are full, they can overflow and send catastrophic floods toward the river.
Organization: Climate change will cause large ice rots to vanish.
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