8. How many glaciers are there on Earth and which are the highest?

Currently, “more than 200,000 glaciers have been identified in the world, of which around 18,600 are located in World Heritage sites,” according to the newspaper El País, which takes the information from Carvalho Resende, main author of the UNESCO report. . “The World Heritage glaciers cover an area of about 66,000 square kilometers, which represents almost 10% of the Earth’s glacial surface,” adds Carvalho.

Among the highest glaciers in the world we can mention those located on Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with about 8850 m. Tall. In Africa we have Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. In Alaska, the Malaspina glacier is the largest in North America, 65 km wide, 45 km long and with a surface area of approximately 3,900 km².

Through satellite images, it has been concluded that all of these glaciers, during the 21st century, have been receding.