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When will your glacier disappear? New website lets users explore risks worldwide
When will the glacier in your valley disappear? Will the glacier you visited as a child still exist in 2050?
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Scientists have launched the Global Glacier Extinction Explorer, an interactive website that lets users investigate the projected future of individual glaciers worldwide. The site invites questions such as when a glacier in a specific valley might disappear, whether a glacier visited in childhood will still exist in 2050, and how limiting global warming could alter those timelines. Users can explore these scenarios for glaciers around the globe through the platform’s interactive tools.
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