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DAVID ROUNCE: HALF OF EARTH’S GLACIERS WILL VANISH

Posted on: Tue 17 Jan 2023

Hundreds of thousands of glaciers around the world will vanish in coming decades. This loss does not include Greenland or Antarctica, and these non-polar glaciers will add significantly to sea level rise.

In this Radio Ecoshock interview, Alex Smith talks to with the lead author of the January 2023 paper titled “Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters”.

Dr. David Rounce is Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. David previously conducted postdoctoral research in the Glaciers Group at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He leads a team who measured every glacier on the planet and the news is not good.

Produced by Alex Smith for Radio Ecoshock.

Audio edited for length

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Image: Jason Auch

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