Washington D.C., May 1 -- : World heritage glaciers such as the Grosser Aletschgletscher in the Swiss Alps, Khumbu Glacier in the Himalayas and Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae are set to disappear completely by 2100 if the current emission scenario continues, researchers have claimed.
According to the study published in the Journal of Earth's Future, scientists have combined data to analyse the current state of World Heritage glaciers.
The authors predicted glacier extinction by 2100 under a high emission scenario in 21 of the 46 natural world heritage sites where glaciers are currently found.
"Losing these iconic glaciers would be a tragedy and have major consequences for the availability of water resources, sea level rise, and weather pa...