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A Dangerous Shift In The World's Highest Places

March 26, 2026

You may think of mountains as just part of the scenery, but they actually play a crucial role as the planet’s water towers, and now they’re warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. As snowfall turns to rain and glaciers shrink, more than 1 billion people could face a dangerous double threat: catastrophic flooding and severe water shortages.