And as is true of mountain glaciers generally, many of Alaska's are retreating, and the retreat has accelerated in recent years.
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It said one of the biggest threats to mountains'environmental security today was global warming which is rapidly melting mountain glaciers and snowfields.
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In the Alps, the Andes and along the coast of southeastern Alaska, mountain glaciers are smaller than at any time in history.
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The oceans are rising, mountain glaciers are shrinking, low-lying coastal areas are eroding, and the very timing of the seasons is changing.
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They reported that the melting of the Patagonian icefields now accounts for 9 percent of annual global sea-level change from mountain glaciers.
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In the far north, there is a barren and heavily eroded mountain glacier, Folgefonna, where the municipality's highest point rises above sea level.
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Rescuers searched for nine Peruvians who were buried by an avalanche while they collected ice from an Andean mountain glacier, police said Wednesday.
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_A " striking " retreat of mountain glaciers around the world, accompanied in the Northern Hemisphere by a shrinking snow cover in winter.
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The report said one of the biggest threats to mountains'environmental security today was global warming, which is rapidly melting mountain glaciers and snowfields.
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Currently, there are over 100 active small mountain glaciers in the Torngat Mountains with a total of about 195 ice masses in the region.