Postscript: future prospects of glaciers

If ice ages were to continue their cyclical pattern, then areas like Loch Torridon in the Northwest Highland of Scotland, which bear a strong glacial imprint, will once again be inundated by glacier ice in several thousand years time. It remains to be seen if human-induced climatic warming will ultimately pre-empt such a development. MH

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