A new and massive study finds that climate change is melting the world’s mountain glaciers faster than ever [Video]

Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world’s mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them shrinking more than twice as fast as in the early 2000s.Related video above: Did You Know That Glaciers in Switzerland Have Lost 3-Decades Worth of Ice in the Last 2 YearsThe world’s glaciers lost ice at the rate of about 255 billion tons (231 billion metric tons) annual from 2000 to 2011, but that quickened to about 346 billion tons (314 billion metric tons) annually over about the next decade, according to the study in this week’s journal Nature.And the last few years, the melt has accelerated even more, hitting a record 604 billion tons (548 billion metric tons) lost in 2023, the last year analyzed.The study drew on an international effort that included 233 estimates of changes in glacier weight. In all, the world’s glaciers have lost more than …