Glacier melting’s link to climate change confirmed

Study finds warming ‘virtually certain’ to blame in many cases of dwindling ice

Nigardsbreen glacier

ON THIN ICE  Shrinking glaciers such as Nigardsbreen in Norway are virtually certain to be victims of climate change, new research shows.

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The decades-long dwindling of glaciers is “categorical evidence of climate change,” a new study affirms.