Glacier Disappearance:
A new study published in Nature Climate Change projects that global glacier disappearance will peak around mid-century, with up to 4,000 glaciers vanishing annually under high-warming scenarios.Glacier disappearance refers to the complete extinction of individual glaciers when their area falls below 0.01 sq km or their remaining ice volume drops below 1% of original levels, due to sustained warming and mass loss. Global glacier extinction is projected to peak between 2041–2055, depending on warming levels.
Scale of loss:
~2,000 glaciers/year under +1.5°C warming
~4,000 glaciers/year under +4.0°C warming
