DoomsdaysCW<p>From <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Himalaya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Himalaya</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlaciersAtRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlaciersAtRisk</span></a>: A Wake-Up Call on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldWaterDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWaterDay</span></a></p><p>Story by Namrata Dadwal, March 21, 2025</p><p>"This year on World Water Day on March 22, the UN is highlighting '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlacierPreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierPreservation</span></a>'. Why? Because these frozen reservoirs that supply freshwater to nearly two billion people are disappearing at an alarming rate due to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>.</p><p>"According to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Copernicus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copernicus</span></a> Climate Change Service (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/C3S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C3S</span></a>), Earth's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> have lost over 8,200 gigatonnes of ice since 1976, leading to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RisingSeaLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RisingSeaLevels</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> concerns. Nearly 6,000 gigatonnes were lost between 2000 and 2023, with the 2010s being the worst decade on record for glaciers almost the annual ice loss was more than double that of the 1980s, with an average of 370 gigatonnes of ice vanishing each year." </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/from-himalaya-to-arctic-glaciers-at-risk-a-wake-up-call-on-world-water-day/ar-AA1Bqrlg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-in/news/India/from-</span><span class="invisible">himalaya-to-arctic-glaciers-at-risk-a-wake-up-call-on-world-water-day/ar-AA1Bqrlg</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceanWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a></p>