In an important partnership of social sciences, Rice University experts, Simon and Dominic Boyer, examine the social results of global glacier damage in a commentary published today. Science.
His essay has been shown with new research, which estimates that under the current climate policies, three -quarters of the world’s glacier Mass may be eliminated by the end of the century. Although the study has presented the physical consequences of icy melting, housing and boar highlight the social effects and human stories behind stats.
“Often statistics about the loss of glaciers can feel abstract and remote. But the glaciers have literally made the land we run on, and they provide important water resources to about 2 billion people. For people living near the glaciers, their cultural and cultural meanings are often deepened.”
This comment comes out of the authors’ work on the World Glacier crash list, which is a rice -based digital platform that document the glaciers that have melted or are in serious danger. The project has found statements from climate science, social science and community so that the rapidly disappeared part of the Earth’s crew can be memorable.
“In the last five years, the worst five years for glaciers have been, since the loss of ice loss has been scientifically detected. Now we are losing 273 billion tonnes of snow every year globally, but it is also realized that this amazing loss is not enough to encourage climate action,” said Baner’s focus on the focus of the focus. “This is the place where we think social studies can work with glacologist and climate scientists to explain why these disadvantages varies and how many lives and communities affect when these amazing scenes are over.”
In their publication, social scientists have identified an unusual appearance ScienceWhich is primarily a research properties in natural and physical sciences. The authors argue that tackling the effects of climate change is not only scientific measurement but also cultural understanding, public memory and collective action.
“Since snow loss is accelerated, so do social and emotional reactions to climate change,” he writes.
The United Nations has nominated 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers Protection. Ho and Boyer emphasizes that global climate goals, such as limiting heat from pre -industrial level to 1.5 degrees Celsius, can still preserve a significant part of the world’s glaciers and prevent the erosion of environmental systems, economies and cultural life associated with them.
Ho said, “Most people on the earth will never have the opportunity to live in the presence of a glacier, but their loss affects all of us. We still have the opportunity to protect the rest of the world’s glaciers if we work together – and immediately – to reduce global warming.” “We have lost a lot, but there is still much that can be saved for us and the generations that will come after us: they deserve to know the greatness and meaning of these great bodies of ice.”
The commentary was supported by the National Science Foundation’s Office for Polar programs.
