Shrinking Glaciers

The Second Glacier Inventory of China shows that the glacial area has decreased from 59,425 to 51,840 square kilometers since 2002.  That looks like a 13 percent decrease in less than 12 years, depending on when the satellite images were taken.

Update (August 3, 2015):  Glaciers are melting at the fastest rate since record keeping began.

Update (November 27, 2015):  Glacier National Park may be glacier-free by 2050.