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DOI: h ps://10.5281/zenodo.17779745
MELTING GLACIERS: A WARNING FOR THE FUTURE
Sulaymono a Gulinu a Jasu qizi
The Uni e si y o Wo ld Economy and Diplomacy
E-mail: gulinu asualymono [email protected]
Na giza E iko na Sha ipo a
Scien i ic supe iso : candida e o pedagogical sciences,
associa e p o esso
E-mail: nsha ipo [email protected]
ABSTRACT
This a icle desc ibes in de ail he signi icance o glacie s and p oblems hey a e
acing. The a icle also explo es a ious ways o es o ing missing pa o he wo ld.
Key wo ds: glacie s, seabed, ice shee s, clima e change, pollu ion, An a c ic,
G eenland, sea le el ise, albedo, mel wa e , cu ain, moun ain ange.
Be o e s a ing ou a icle, le ’s i s make i clea wha glacie s a e and how hey
a e o med. Basically, a glacie is a la ge mass o ice o med om comp essed snow
ha mo es because o i s own weigh and g a i y. The oldes con inuously laye ed ice
anywhe e on he plane is belie ed o ha e been laid down 2 million yea s ago, on a
3300-me e-high ice pla eau in he Eas An a c ic. In gene al, he e a e wo main ypes
o glacie s. I i is ound on moun ain ange, i is called "Moun ain glacie ". On a la ge
scale, con inuous mass o uncon ined ice bigge han 50.000 kilome e s is called
"Con inen al glacie ". Acco ding o Nasa’s s a is ics, abou 10 % o Ea h’s su ace is
co e ed wi h ice, mos o which is ound in G eenland and An a c ic ice shee s. I is
impo an o no e ha An a c ica is open o any kind o scien i ic esea ch excep
mili a y ac i i y, mine al mining, and nuclea es ing. Glacie s ha e been silen
sen inels o ime o millennia. They a e no jus gian ozen wa e bu an in ica e
a chi e o Ea h’s clima ic his o y. Each yea a new laye o snow all accumula es on
glacie s esul ing in comp essed ice. Jus like ee ings, scien is s can unde s and
empe a u e luc ua ions, dus and pollu ion le els and o cou se amoun o snowball.
In o he wo ds, hey can be called as Ea h’s ozen ime capsules. So a scien is s
ha e managed o ind se e al p ehis o ic ozen animals like mammo h cal es, woolly
hino babies in glacie s and unlocked he Ea h’s his o y h ough hem. Apa om
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enabling scien is s a glimpse in o he pas , glacie s play a c ucial ole in sus aining li e
in coas al a eas bo h o humans and animals like pola bea s and seals. I is es ima ed
ha nea ly 68.7% o esh wa e is con ained in ice and snow. As addi ional
in o ma ion, only 2.8 o wa e on Ea h is conside ed esh. Thanks o glacie s, du ing
wa me mon hs, as a eas o land dedica ed o ag icul u e ecei e esh wa e . In a eas
like he Himalayas, pa s o sou h Ame ica, and Cen al Asia, millions o people
depend on his mel wa e o i iga ion and sus aining li es ock. In addi ion, because
o being co e ed in snow and dea hly pale, hey e lec a lo o sola adia ion hey
ecei e, keeping Ea h empe a u e unde con ol.
As we ha e analyzed he ole o glacie s on Ea h, i is ime o look h ough he
h ea s posed on hem. We used o hink ha ice was e e nal and could be passed on o
ou u u e gene a ions. As a ma e o ac , e en sa ing glacie s o ou own gene a ion
is unde ques ion. They a e disappea ing a such a a e, ha is lea ing e e yone li ing
nea ice caps o in opical places e y con used. By he end o 21s cen u y, i is
p edic ed ha nea ly hal o Ea h’s ice will disappea leading o a bunch o p oblems
o humani y and animal habi a . Scien is s es ima e ha we ha e los 9 illion ons o
ice since 1975. Tha is enough o co e Ge many wi h a shee o ice 25 me e s high.
Since he u n o he cen u y, 6,500 billion ons-o 5%-o ice ha e been los . I we look
a he pic u e down below, we can see he upwa d end o glacie s mel ing be ween
he pe iods 2009 and 2020.
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The main culp i behind his d ama ic scena io is human ac i i ies. To be mo e
speci ic, since indus ial e olu ion, ca bon dioxide and o he g eenhouse gas
emissions ha e aised empe a u es, e en in highe in he poles, and as a esul , glacie s
a e apidly mel ing, cal ing o in o he sea and e ea ing on land. When oxic chemical
pollu an s and pa icles se le on he su ace o a glacie , hey educe he s eng h o
albedo. Albedo is a special abili y o he su ace o e lec sunligh . As we ha e al eady
esea ched ha clean snow and ice a e p o ec ed wi h high albedo as a shield agains
sun ays. Howe e , pollu an s when se le on he su ace o he ice, da ken i s colo
leading o abso bing mo e sunligh . Consequen ly, glacie s hea up and sh ink mo e
quickly. I glacie s con inue mel ing a his end, he e will be de as a ing
implica ions. One o he mos immedia e consequences is ising sea le els. As glacie s
mel , he wa e lows in o he oceans con ibu ing o signi ican sea le el ise. People
and o he li ing c ea u es esiding in coas al a eas will be in huge dange because o
po en ial loods, e osion and habi a loss. Fu he mo e, as glacie s ecede hese wa e
esou ces become less eliable which in u n h ea ens ood secu i y. Global wea he
pa e ns a e also in luenced by glacie mel ing. As mo e wa e lows in o he ocean,
ocean cu en s which play an impo an ole in egula ing clima e can be dis up ed. In
wo s case scena io, he equency and in ensi y o ex eme wea he e en s like
hu icanes, hea wa es and hea y ain all can each such a le el, e en people li ing a
om oceans go h ough ha dship. While e e yone is making a uss abou he u u e o
glacie s, some go e nmen s and businesses spy an oppo uni y. The egion is ich in
much-needed esou ces like oil and gas, emp ing e en Donald T ump o ake o e
G eenland. G eenland alone is hough o ha e enough ese es o me als such as
neodymium and dysp osium, which a e used in he manu ac u e o wind, u bines and
elec ic ehicles. No ma e how much mel ing ice shee s p o ide access o c i ical
ma e ials, en i onmen al h ea s i poses ou weigh i s po en ial ad an ages.
So, wha can be done o pu an end o a leas educe glacie mel ing. In 2025
UNESCO ma ked 21s o Ma ch as a join celeb a ion: Wo ld Day o glacie s and
Wo ld wa e day. High-le el e en ook place on 20-21 Ma ch 2025 a UNESCO
Headqua e s in Pa is. The e en ma ked he launch o he 2025 Wo ld Wa e
De elopmen . This e en was a co ne s one o he In e na ional Yea o Glacie s’
P ese a ion, uni ing global s akeholde s o comba he u gen challenges o a aged
sea ice. Collabo a ing and a ac ing a en ion o his p oblem is a poli ical way o
ackling i . Wha abou scien i ic ones? One heo y which is pu o wa d and backed
up by mains eam is dealing wi h ma ine ice cli ins abili y. The idea is o use seabed
ancho ed cu ain. This idea was p oposed by pola and geoenginee ing scien is John
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Moo e. Acco ding o his idea, a cu ain ancho ed o he seabed and loa ing e ically
would hold back wa me wa e s om eaching he ice. This would p o ec he ice shee
u ning back he clock on mel ing. Wi h he help o oday’s echnology, e e y ma e ial
needed o making his idea eali y is a ailable. The cu ain should be 80 kilome e s
long and mos likely cos s 50 billion dolla s. E en hough he amoun o in es men
equi ed o his p ojec seems huge, damages o his sea le el ise can cos illions o
dolla s. The easies solu ion which scien is s ei e a e is coping wi h human-caused
pollu ion. Howe e , un il we each ze o emissions, we will ha e al eady los signi ican
componen o ou Ea h.
In conclusion, glacie s a e like an ai condi ione o ou plane Ea h. Losing hem
will b ing de as a ing consequences o no only low-lying coun ies bu also people
in opical places and wildli e. The e o e, he wo ld should collabo a e and s imula e
scien i ic me hods and new in e na ional policies o mi iga e he issue.
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