UN reports 'off the charts' melting of glaciers

UN reports 'off the charts' melting of glaciers
Friday 21 April 2023 - 15:03

The world’s glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause, the United Nations said Friday, as climate change indicators once again hit record highs.

“Antarctic sea ice fell to its lowest extent on record and the melting of some European glaciers was, literally, off the charts,” the UN’s World Meteorological Organization said as it launched its its “State of the Global Climate 2022” annual climate overview.

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