Climate change has been on scientists’ minds since the 1980s when it first became evident that our actions on Earth could drastically change its environment, increasing the surface temperature of the planet.

Now, almost 40 years later, it’s impossible to deny that our climate is changing rapidly.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released a report that global warming will lead to the disappearance of some of the world’s most incredible glaciers in less than 30 years. 

It has been calculated that by 2050, over a third of UNESCO’s 50 World Heritage sites that are home to glaciers, will simply melt away from the change in global conditions.

Combined, these sites house over 18,000 glaciers, which have been slowly melting since 2000. These sites lose almost 60 billion tonnes of water per year. 

This report claims that it’s too late to save a third of glaciers,