The No 1 glacier on Tianshan Mountain in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is receding at an annual rate of eight meters, according to the latest report from research authorities.
Such a speed of meltdown is appalling. But Tianshan glacier is not alone. Elsewhere in the world, all glaciers, and the polar ice, are also melting at an accelerating speed.
Global warming is sounding an acute alarm.
Various disastrous consequences will ensue as the earth's climate grows warmer and warmer. Oceans will rise to submerge large expanses of land. Floods and droughts will increase to cause more human and economic losses. Agriculture will be impacted to aggravate hunger in Africa. Diseases and viruses will become more capricious to control. More species will become extinct. All these changes will find their final consequences in the human race's economic, social, cultural and political lives, resulting in a more turbulent world.
From the time of pre-industrialization till now, the global temperature has risen about 0.75 C. The rate of rise in the past 50 years has been twice as fast than in the past 100 years. The rise is obviously accelerating, following an upturning rather than a linear curve.
The future of the earth is worrying to everybody. In the not too distant future, the global climate and the consequent changes will become too disagreeable for the human race to bear. And the changes will happen to every nation, whether they are developed or developing ones.
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