By 2100, two thirds of the glaciers could disappear

To predict what will happen to the 215,000 glaciers available in different areas of Earth scientists used computer simulations. Various temperature increases were assumed as the basis for these simulations and calculated how many of the glaciers would melt and how their melting would increase sea levels.

In current conditions it is thought that compared with the pre-industrial period Earth will reach a temperature increase of 2.7 degrees Celsius, meaning that by 2100 about 32% of the mass of glaciers on Earth will disappear.

Despite what, we will lose much of the glaciers,” told AP news agency lead author David Rounce, glacier researcher and engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University. “But anyway we have the opportunity to work to limit the number of glaciers we can lose.” / DW/