Glaciers seen melting faster than ever
The Klinaklini glacier in British Columbia, Canada, shown in September 2017, has lost nearly 16 billion tons of snow and ice since 2000, with 10.7 billion tons of that since 2010. Brian Menounos VIA AP/FILE
FILE - This May 9, 2020 file photo shows the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. Since 2000, the glacier has lost 2.8 billion tons (2.5 billion metric tons) of snow and ice, with more than 1.7 billion tons (1.6 billion metric tons) since 2010. According to a study released on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 in the journal Nature, the world's 220,000 glaciers are melting faster now than in the 2000s. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer) Becky Bohrer