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Glaciers smaller than 0.5 square kilometers in Northwest China's arid regions will disappear by the middle of this century, regardless of the climate scenario and precipitation, according to the latest research conducted by Chinese scientists. The research findings, which were recently released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Xinjiang Tianshan Glacier National Field Observation and Research Station, indicate that glaciers smaller than 2 sq km in the region will also disappear by the end of this century, while those smaller than 10 sq km may have no more than 30 percent of their ice left. ▲ A herdsman keeps watch as his goats graze at the foot of the Kashgar Range in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in September. Wang Fei/Xinhua "Due to global warming, the total glacier area in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has decreased 11.7 percent in the past 50 years, with the rate of reduction in different parts varying from 8.8 percent to 34.2 percent," said Wang Feiteng, chief
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