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Cancun/ Nairobi/Oslo, 7 December 2010-Glaciers in Patagonia which cover parts of Argentina and Chile followed by ones in Alaska and its coastal mountain ranges have overall been losing mass faster and for longer than glaciers in other parts of the world.

These are among the findings of a new report compiled by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in partnership with scientists and research centres from around the world, including the Norwegian Polar Institute and Norut Alta.

The third fastest rate of loss is among glaciers in the northwest United States and southwest Canada followed by ones in the high mountains of Asia, including the Hindu Kush of the Himalayas, the Arctic and the Andes.

Overall Europe's glaciers have been putting on mass since the mid-1970s but this trend was reversed around the year 2000.

More:
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=653&ArticleID=6861&l=en&t=long

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