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THE PRESENT-DAY TROPICAL GLACIERS
https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2018-1-135-138
Abstract
The continuing global warming causes a significant reduction and vanishing of glaciers in the tropics. The glaciers in Africa, New Guinea, and Venezuela can completely melt during next decade under current trend in climate change.
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V. N. MikhalenkoRussian Federation
Moscow
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For citation: Mikhalenko V.N. THE PRESENT-DAY TROPICAL GLACIERS. Ice and Snow. 2018;58(1):135-138. https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2018-1-135-138
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