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Mountain glaciers may hold less ice than previously thought – here’s what that means for 2 billion downstream water users and sea level rise

  • Written by Mathieu Morlighem, Professor of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College
imageMountain glaciers are under threat from global warming.Phunjo Lama/AFP via Getty Images

Mountain glaciers are essential water sources for nearly a quarter of the global population. But figuring out just how much ice they hold – and how much water will be available as glaciers shrink in a warming world – has been notoriously difficult.

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