Disappearing frontier: Alaska’s glaciers retreating at record pace
Alaska’s glaciers hold less than 1 percent of the world’s land ice — but their melt contributes about 7 percent of the water raising the global sea levels.
December 6, 2019
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ANCHORAGE — Alaska will soon close a year that is shaping up as its hottest on record, with glaciers there melting at record or near-record levels, pouring waters into rising global seas, scientists said after taking fall measurements.
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