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Glacial lakes form as glaciers melt and retreat.

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English: Glacial lakes form as glaciers melt and retreat. These lakes are a source of drinking and irrigation water for many communities but they are instable, as strongly affected by the surrounding conditions (instability of the glaciers, speed of melting, etc). According to a new study published in Nature Climate Change, the volume of lakes formed worldwide as a result of glaciers melting due to climate change has increased by nearly 50 percent in 30 years. This collage composed of two images acquired on 29 August 2015 (on the left) and 27 August 2020 (on the right) by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites, shows the Rhone Glacier glacial lake (Switzerland) which surface has grown from 8 ha in 2015 to 11,4 in 2020. Data acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel satellites are used to detect changes in the environment around glaciers in high detail and to monitor their thawing.
Date 7 September 2020 (upload date)
Source Changes of the Rhone Glacier glacial lake (Switzerland)
Author European Union , Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery

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