Yellowstone, Kilimanjaro glaciers among those set to vanish by 2050, warns Unesco

Glaciers at many Unesco World Heritage sites including Yellowstone and Kilimanjaro National Park will likely vanish by 2050. Photo: AFP

Glaciers at many Unesco World Heritage sites including Yellowstone and Kilimanjaro National Park will likely vanish by 2050, the UN agency warned Nov 3, urging leaders to act fast to save the rest.

The warning followed a study of 18,600 glaciers at 50 World Heritage sites – covering around 66,000sq km (25,000sq miles) – which found glaciers at a third of the sites were "condemned to disappear".