, , , , , , , the , the , , , the Agence France-Presse, , , , , , , and reported on a new study from a University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-led international research team that found that human-induced climate change impacts the highest reaches of the Earth: Mount Everest. According to Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Climate Change Institute scientists Paul Mayewski, Mariusz Potocki and their colleagues, the extreme sensitivity of the high-altitude Himalayan ice masses in rapid retreat forewarns of quickly emerging impacts that could range from increased incidence of avalanches and decreased capacity of the glacier-stored water on which more than 1 billion people depend to provide melt for drinking water and irrigation. The team’s findings, published in the journal , are the latest research results from the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition, in which six Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Climate Change Institute scientists participated. As of Feb. 7, the journal article, “Mt. Everest’s Highest Glacier Is a Sentinel for Accelerating Ice Loss,” is in the 99th percentile —ranked 343rd — of the 189,583 tracked articles of a similar age in all journals and the first percentile — ranked first — of the one tracked articles of a similar age in npj Climate and Atmospheric Sciences. , , , , and shared a news release about the study. shared the Daily Mail article. , , , the , , the , the , , , , , , the , , , The Standard, , , and shared the Agence France-Press report. , , , and shared the BBC News report. , the and (Detroit) shared the CNN report.
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