Published 28 November 2020 ● Last Updated on 28 November 2020 The statistics surrounding glacial melting are alarming and serve as a clarion call (that have been sounding for some time now) for humans to shake off their slumber and take some urgent actions. Here are some numbers to chew on: Glaciers have lost more than 9000 billion tons of ice between 1961 and 2016, causing global sea levels to increase by 27 millimetres in … Continue reading The big thaw| Reasons behind glacial melting and what it means for life on earth