Glacial retreat spawns vast extraterrestrial habitats on Earth

Earth's glaciers are rapidly retreating due to human-induced climate change, and a new study warns that under a high-emissions scenario, the area covered by glaciers outside of Antarctica and Greenland could be halved by the end of the century. This transformation is expected to create vast novel ecosystems, equivalent in size to Nepal and Finland combined, highlighting the alarming consequences of human activity on the environment.