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Swiss Glaciers Melting at a Faster-Than-Average Rate in 2024

Swiss Glaciers Melting at a Faster -Than-Average UsualRate in 2024

Above: Tourists watch the Rhone Glacier and its glacial lake due to the melting of the glacier, above Gletsch, Switzerland on Sept. 30, 2024. Image copyright: Fabrice Coffrini/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images

The Spin

Unfortunately, the issue surrounding glacial melting is a global one, with the world's glaciers reported to have shrunk by half since thenthe late 1800s. While those melting in northern Europe are receiving much -deserved coverage, the most terrifying cases are occuringoccurring in Asia, where the loss of the Himalayan glaciers riskrisks killingthreatening billions of people duewith towater thirstshortages. These problems will only worsen if climate change isn't tackled on an international scale.

Climate alarmists havemask gonethe sofact far that nowglacial they'remelt blatantly exxagerating the extent to which, and evengrowth theare existencecomplex of,geophysical glacial meltingprocesses. In the Himalayas, for instance, many of the so-called "endangered" glaciers are growing, with others either remaining the same or melting at much slower rates. IfReductionist the climate alarmistsalarmism getleads theirdownstream way, not only will it lead to bad environmental policies, butand alsoeven topotential unnecessarygeopolitical warstensions overif resourcesnuances thatand scientific facts aren't actuallyportrayed becoming scarceaccurately.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 50% chance that the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf will collapse by July 2027, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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