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Earth could lose more than HALF of its glaciers by 2100, study warns

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Scientists from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium have predicted glacier loss under different carbon emissions scenarios.

Their study accounted for all the world's glaciers approximately 200,000 in total.

Under a high emissions scenario, up to 54 per cent of all glaciers could vanish, while this figure in the Alps could be more like 75 per cent .

Major concern is the effect of melting glaciers on rising sea levels.

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