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  2. Retreat of glaciers since 1850 - Wikipedia

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    The retreat of glaciers since 1850 is a well-documented effect of climate change. The retreat of mountain glaciers provide evidence for the rise in global temperatures since the late 19th century. Examples include mountain glaciers in western North America, Asia, the Alps in central Europe, and tropical and subtropical regions of South America ...

  3. Holocene glacial retreat - Wikipedia

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    The Holocene glacial retreat is a geographical phenomenon that involved the global retreat of glaciers (deglaciation) that previously had advanced during the Last Glacial Maximum. Ice sheet retreat initiated ca. 19,000 years ago and accelerated after ca. 15,000 years ago.

  4. Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 18, 2006 - Wikipedia

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    The retreat of glaciers since 1850 is well documented and has become an increasingly important climatic issue. Since the end of the Little Ice Age around the year 1850, glaciers worldwide have been retreating. This reduction in the mass of glaciers, referred to by glaciologists as glacier retreat, has been attributed primarily to global climate ...

  5. Thousands of Greenland’s glaciers are rapidly shrinking ...

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    The comparison found that the rate of glacial retreat in Greenland during the 21st century has been twice as fast as the retreat in the 20th century. Thousands of Greenland’s glaciers are ...

  6. Glacier - Wikipedia

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    Following the Little Ice Age's end around 1850, glaciers around the Earth have retreated substantially. A slight cooling led to the advance of many alpine glaciers between 1950 and 1985, but since 1985 glacier retreat and mass loss has become larger and increasingly ubiquitous. [23] [24] [25]

  7. As glaciers melt, a new study seeks protection of ... - AOL

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    A new scientific study published Thursday suggests the world should start preparing to protect the ecosystems that emerge from under the disappearing ice, as a warming planet is inevitably causing ...

  8. Wikipedia:Featured article review/Retreat of glaciers since ...

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    1 Retreat of glaciers since 1850. Toggle Retreat of glaciers since 1850 subsection. 1.1 Review section. 1.2 FARC section. Toggle the table of contents.

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