They will melt regardless of the world’s actions to combat climate change.
Glaciers around the world, including the last glacier in Africa, will inevitably disappear by 2050 due to climate change. This is stated in the UN report, writes the BBC.
According to a UNESCO report, a third of the glaciers found in UN World Heritage Sites will melt within three decades.
The last glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro will disappear, as will glaciers in the Alps and Yosemite National Park in the United States. They will melt regardless of the world’s actions to combat climate change, the authors say.
About 18,600 glaciers have been discovered in 50 UN World Heritage Sites. They make up about 10% of the Earth’s glaciated area and include well-known places and tourist spots that are sacred to the local population.
“Glaciers are one of the important indicators of climate change because they are visible. This is what we actually see,” the researchers said.
They say the remaining two-thirds of the glaciers in the UN World Heritage Sites can be saved, but only if the world limits global warming to 1.5°C.
Scientists have developed a list of World Heritage Sites that will disappear by 2050:
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Hyrcanian forests (Iran)
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Durmitor National Park (Montenegro)
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Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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Huanglong Scenic and Historic Area (China)
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Yellowstone National Park (USA)
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Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (Kenya)
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Pyrenees Mont Perdue (France, Spain)
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Rwenzori Mountains National Park (Uganda)
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Putorana Plateau (Russia)
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Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardon (Switzerland)
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Nahanni National Park (Canada)
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Lorenza National Park (Indonesia)
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Natural system of the Wrangel Island Reserve (Russia)
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Kilimanjaro National Park (Tanzania)
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Yosemite National Park (USA)
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Dolomites (Italy)
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Virgin forest of Komi (Russia)
It can be remembered that the melting of the Greenland ice sheet raised the sea level by 1.2 centimeters. This has been achieved remarkably in the last 20 years.
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