The world's glaciers continues to melt, will raise sea levels and threat 2bn people

[+Green Blog]

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According to new research by the University of Zurich's World Glacier Monitoring Service the global warming trend continues and as a result the glaciers around the world are melting for the 18th year in a row.

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[Simon]

When it seems all the talk in the media is about the melting ice in the Arctic the melting of the worlds glaciers gets in the dark. The melting of the glaciers is a much more pressing issue, I think. Because the melting glaciers will cause much more destruction and pain around the world such as loss of fresh water for people which will result in billions of climate refugees and spark military conflicts around the world.