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Cities like Mumbai will be regularly submerged by 2050. At around the same time, most of Himalayan glaciers will vanish. The world could heat up by 4 degrees Celsius by 2100. We are facing a crisis. Hosted by Bibek Bhattacharya (Twitter: @sarvatathagata), Deputy Editor, Mint Lounge, Mint Climate Change Tracker is a weekly podcast about the challenges posed by a rapidly heating planet. Also follow Bibek's weekly column in Mint Lounge, the Climate Change Tracker, with #MintClimateTracker. This is a Mint production brought to you by HT Smartcast.

Icebergs! Icebergs are massive blocks of freshwater ice that break off from glaciers or ice shelves, primarily found in the polar regions. These colossal structures are formed when glaciers, immense rivers of ice that flow slowly down mountains or valleys, reach the ocean. The force of the ocean can break off large chunks of ice, giving birth to icebergs. Icebergs can also originate from ice shelves, floating extensions of glaciers that extend over the ocean. As these ice shelves expand and thicken, their outer edges can fracture and calve off, forming icebergs. These icebergs tend to be ...