Category : Climate Change | Location : International | Posted on 2024-07-04 22:48:54
The research, published in Nature Communications, focused on the Juneau Icefield in Alaska. This plateau icefield comprised 1,050 glaciers in 2019, covering an area of 3,816.3 square kilometres. The study found that glacier shrinkage from 2015 to 2019 was five times faster than between 1948 and 1979.
