Limited influence of climate change mitigation on short-term glacier mass loss
Limited influence of climate change mitigation on short-term glacier mass loss, Published online: 19 March 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0093-1
Glaciers outside Greenland and Antarctica have been rapidly losing mass. Contemporary ice declines are shown to be a response to past greenhouse gas emissions, with present mitigation efforts unlikely to be beneficial in preventing future short-term ice loss.
