The glaciers melt with an alarming speed. This has so serious consequences that March 21 the Glacier World Day was proclaimed to draw attention to this. Because the disappearing glaciers influence people, animals and plants.
The main cause of melting the glacier is the output of greenhouse gases that heat the climate. Between 2012 and 2023, the loss was 36 percent larger than in the ten years before, a study by the Swiss University of Friborg. There are around 275,000 glaciers worldwide. Experts warn of the effects of the melt – which appear in many different ways.
Bacteria and mushroom types are in the ice
Unknown micro -organisms are repeatedly discovered in the glacier ice. What happens when the ice melts? Chinese researchers documented DNA of more than 10,000 virus species in mountain and polar glaciers, who, according to their information, have no great danger to public health.
Glacier can be obtained as a “matter of survival” of drinking water source “
Glacier Meltwater is a crucial part of the delivery of the world’s population with drinking water. Glacier researchers John Pomeroy of the Canadian University of Saskatchewan warns a matter of survival of humanity. Glacier his storage, melts water feeds rivers in hot seasons, which are also used to irrigate agriculture.
“The 273 billion tonnes of ice, which are lost in one year (melt through glacier), correspond to the water consumption of the entire world population for 30 years when you start with three liters per person per day,” quotes the glaziologist Michael Zemp.
Plants and animals
In the area of the mountain glaciers, biodiversity changes dramatically when the ice melts and the temperatures rise. Heat -sensitive plants and animal species must walk higher. Cold water residents in rivers are threatened if their habitat is no longer cooled by glacier water.
The Swiss water research institute Eawag writes that sensitive river dwellers may have to be moved to higher locations. They must also be protected there. Areas released by glaciers should not all be used as a leisure area or to produce energy via hydropower.
The sea is increasing
The glaciers have lost around 273 billion tonnes of ice since 2000, according to a new study led by the University of Zurich. This contributed 18 millimeters to the increase in sea level.
The American Climate Authority Noaa assumes that at the end of the century the sea level is about 30 centimeters higher than in 2000, even if greenhouse gas emissions will remain at a relatively low level in the coming decades.
In the case of higher sea level, islands and coastal areas, residential areas are uninhabitable and the arable land is destroyed. Salzig Seawater can contaminate fresh water – and therefore drinking water sources – orcanes do higher damage at higher water level.
Source: Krone
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