glacial retreat (Q441)
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Glacial retreat is what happens when a glacier melts faster than new ice can build it back up. Directly related to increasing temperatures, it produces erosion, mudslides, flooding.
- melt glacier
- glacial melt
- glacier melt
- glacier retreat
- glacier shrinkage
- glacier mass loss
- glacial melting
- snow cover changes
- snow cover change
- retreating glaciers
- retreating glacier
- melting of glaciers
- glacier recession
- calving glaciers
- calving glacier
- glacier calving
- calving of glaciers
- changes in glacial systems
- glacier coverage declined
- glacier coverage decline
- changes in glacial system
- glacier hazards
- melting of the glaciers
- shorter snow cover period
- reduced snow cover
- reductions in glacier and snow cover
- glacier runoff
- receding glacier
- melting glaciers
- decreasing glaciers
- glacier mass change
- snow cover decrease
- snow cover decreases
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | glacial retreat |
Glacial retreat is what happens when a glacier melts faster than new ice can build it back up. Directly related to increasing temperatures, it produces erosion, mudslides, flooding. |
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Glacial retreat, driven by rising temperatures, causes erosion, mudslides, and flooding. As glaciers recede, reduced runoff and river flows lead to water shortages, impacting ecosystems and livelihoods. The decline of glaciers, snow, and permafrost also alters natural hazard patterns, increases the frequency and magnitude of hazards, destabilizes mountain slopes, and threatens infrastructure.