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titotoday at 5:16 PM0 repliesview on HN

Another dimension to add is how global warming is uniquely heating up at the 4,500 to 5,500 m elevation mark, coincidentally right where glaciers are

(tldr properties of how our atmosphere works and the pollution we put in it ends up being a laser beam at the same height as glaciers form)

Paper here: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/235707/1/NATREVEARTHENVIRON-24-558_-_Pepin_final.pdf

10.1038/s43017-025-00740-4

Pepin, N. et al. (2025). "Elevation-dependent climate change in mountain environments." Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 6(12), 772-788.