Loss Of Glaciers And Snow Threatens Water And Food For 1/4 Of Humanity; Glacial Loss Rate Accelerating

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Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will have unpredictable consequences. Two-thirds of all irrigated agriculture in the world is likely to be affected in some way by receding glaciers and dwindling snowfall in mountain regions, driven by the climate crisis, according to a Unesco report.

More than 1 billion people live in mountainous regions and, of those in developing countries, up to half are already experiencing food insecurity. That is likely to worsen, as food production in such regions is dependent on mountain waters, melting snow and glaciers, according to the World Water Development Report 2025.

Developed countries are also at risk: in the US, for example, the Colorado River basin has been in drought since 2000, and higher temperatures mean more of the precipitation is falling as rain, which runs off more quickly than mountain snow, exacerbating drought conditions.

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The rate of change of glaciers is the worst on record, according to separate research from the World Meteorological Organisation, which published its annual State of the Climate report this week. The largest three-year loss of glacier mass on record occurred in the past three years, the study found, with Norway, Sweden, Svalbard and the tropical Andes among the worst-affected areas. Eastern Africa has lost 80% of its glaciers in places and, in the Andes, between a third and a half of glaciers have melted since 1998. Glaciers in the Alps and the Pyrenees, the worst affected in Europe, have shrunk by about 40% over roughly the same period.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/20/glacier-meltdown-risks-food-and-water-supply-of-2bn-people-says-un

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1. I think the current population is three times

more than the planet can sustain.
Have no idea of how to solve that problem, but have a feeling it will solve it on its own.

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2. The billionaires have decided how to handle the problem.

Not one penny to mitigate climate change or for damage repair for the general population.

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You can take a rich environment, like grape juice and introduce a small amount of yeast and it will quickly eat shit and reproduce until it reaches the certain percentage, like about 6% of its waste and it can no longer survive in the new environment and will kill itself.

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There is not enough money in the world to fill the holes in their souls.

They will destroy the planet and the humans on it.