Interesting science facts about glaciers
Glaciers are the largest reservoirs of freshwater on our planet (they store about three quarters of total freshwater on our planet) so we must do our best to prevent them from further melting caused by climate change problem.
In United States most glaciers are located in Alaska.
In the age in Earth's history famous under the name of "Ice age" not all land area was covered with ice as some think but only about one third of the total earth's land area.
Glaciers cover large areas in polar regions of our planet and are found in mountain ranges of every continent except Australia, even in Africa (Kilimanjaro).
The longest glacier in United States, and also in North America is the Bering Glacier in Alaska, which is 204 kilometers long.
When we look at the iceberg we do not see that only 10% of iceberg is actually above water, while 90% is under water.
The largest glaciers on our planet are ice sheets.
If the Greenland ice sheet would happen to melt, it would cause sea levels to rise six meters (20 ft) all around the world.
