Climate change: How to measure a shrinking glacier

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       Glaciers are regarded as a key indicator of climate change. Scientists warn that under the current melting rate, even major glaciers are at risk of disappearing. This, in turn, will lead to catastrophic consequences, they say.

       The BBC’s Abdujalil Abdurasulov joined an expedition that monitors glaciers in Kyrgyzstan to see the effects a warmer world is already having.

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       Section BBC News

       Subsection Science & Environment