Global glacier retreat accelerated
An international research team including D-BAUG scientists Professor Daniel Farinotti and Romain Hugonnet has shown that almost all of the world's glaciers – around 220'000 in total – are becoming thinner and are losing mass at an accelerated pace. The study in the journal "Nature" is the most comprehensive and accurate of its kind to date.
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Iris Mickein
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Romain Hugonnet et al.
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Nature (2021), doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03436-z
Learn more about the glaciology group led by Professor Daniel Farinotti