Snieppets, Environment
(WorldNews Environment)

CASCADING REPERCUSSIONS An unexpected impact of glacier shrinkage is the liberation of contaminants. RAPID SHRINKAGE Impacts of glacier mass loss Researchers have warned of an urgent worldwide need to address a broad spectrum of cascading impacts of glacier mass loss on downstream systems. In their paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, theauthorssynthesised currently available evidence and documented the profound impact on freshwater and near-shore marine systems. Glaciers cover close to 10% of the Earth’s land surface but are shrinking rapidly across most parts of the world. Glacier shrinkage will alter sediment transport, and biogeochemical and...