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Understanding climate change — key message 5

SOER 2010 Message (Deprecated) Published 28 Nov 2010

Topics: Climate change mitigation Specific regions

The vast majority of glaciers in Europe are in retreat. Glaciers in the Alps lost about two-thirds of their volume between 1850 and 2009. The glacierised area in the Alps is projected to decrease to about one-third of the present area for a further rise in Alpine summer temperature of 2 °C.

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