Vanishing Ice: Karola Glacier's Dramatic Climate Change Retreat

Witness the dramatic shrinking of Karola Glacier, highlighting glacial retreat's stark reality and environmental transformation.

Massive glacier with jagged white ice formations cascading over dark rocky terrain
The rapidly retreating Karola Glacier in Tibet, with its ice tongue now visible halfway up the mountain. This striking image documents the dramatic effects of climate change in high-altitude regions, showing a glacier that may completely disappear within our lifetime.

The ice tongue retreats at a visibly noticeable rate each year. They say that just a few years ago, the ice tongue was still near the base of the mountain, but now it's retreated halfway up. It's not impossible that the ice tongue could disappear within our lifetime.