Traditional talk of a water crisis and water stress no longer reflects the current reality

Totten Glacier’s underbelly is being eroded by warm sea water flowing hundreds of kilometres inland after passing through underwater "gateways".

A study estimates about 5 500 of these ice sheets could vanish by 2100, affecting millions of people.

Figures from the National Snow and Ice Data Centre indicate six or seven- year low over past three decades.

The world has become too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska. Like many low-altitude glaciers, it’s steadily melting.