US EditionUNBC researcher helps further understanding of global glacier loss
- A leading scientist, Brian Menounos, collaborated globally on glacier health research published in Nature.
- Glaciers lost between 2% and 39% of their ice from 2000 to 2023, with western Canada losing 23% of volume in that time.
- The research supports the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's call for urgent action due to glacier loss effects on freshwater and sea levels.
- Menounos stated, 'No one tool or method is superior, but by combining them, we get the most consistent and reliable picture of how Earth's glaciers are doing.
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