Record-breaking glacier mass loss in Central Asia in 2025 (opens in new tab)  5 articles covering this post

The year 2025, designated by the United Nations as the ‘International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation’, ironically became the most negative glacier mass-balance year on record in Central Asia. In situ observations reveal exceptionally strong and spatially coherent ice losses across the region, although not all individual glaciers experienced record losses. Regional simulations with the Global Glacier Evolution Model support these findings, indicating that 64% of glaciers larger than 1 km2 (∼40...