Catavella restaurant, which recently closed due to restrictions enacted by the city of Denver to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is selling $200 turduckens for Thanksgiving meals in order to cut losses from the closure in Denver, Colorado, U.S., November 25, 2020. Picture taken November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt

Glaciers in China's bleak, rugged Qilian mountains are disappearing at a shocking rate as global warming brings unpredictable change and raises the prospect of crippling, long-term water shortages, scientists say. The largest glacier in the 800-km (500-mile) mountain chain on the arid northeastern edge of the Tibetan plateau has retreated about 450 metres since the 1950s, when researchers set up China's first monitoring station to study it. The 20-square kilometre glacier, known as Laohugou No. 12, is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. Matching Text: CLIMATE-CHANGE/CHINA-GLACIER

Meltwater flows over the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China, September 27, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Jin Zizhen, 27, a PhD student of glacial hydrology, and Qin Xiang, the director of the Qilian Shan Station of Glaciology and Ecologic Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences walk towards the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China September 26, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin. "The speed that this glacier has been shrinking is really shocking." REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Meltwater drips from an icicle on the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China, September 26, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Meltwater from the Laohugou No. 12 glacier, flows near its edge (terminal point) in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China September 27, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Meltwater flows over the ice of the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China, September 27, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Director Qin Xiang (2nd L) speaks to staff members at the Qilian Shan Station of Glaciology and Ecologic Environment, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, near the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China September 25, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin. "The speed that this glacier has been shrinking is really shocking." REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Qin Xiang director of the Qilian Shan Station of Glaciology and Ecologic Environment, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Jin Zizhen, 27, a PhD student in glacial hydrology, place a measuring pole in the ice near the edge of the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China September 26, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin. "The speed that this glacier has been shrinking is really shocking." REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Glaciers in China's bleak, rugged Qilian mountains are disappearing at a shocking rate as global warming brings unpredictable change and raises the prospect of crippling, long-term water shortages, scientists say. The largest glacier in the 800-km (500-mile) mountain chain on the arid northeastern edge of the Tibetan plateau has retreated about 450 metres since the 1950s, when researchers set up China's first monitoring station to study it. The 20-square kilometre glacier, known as Laohugou No. 12, is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Signage is seen on a window of a closed Wetherspoon pub, as J D Wetherspoon posted its first annual loss since 1984 as coronavirus cases rise in London, Britain, October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The lobby inside the Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

A woman stands outside the Roosevelt Hotel a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

A child runs in the deserted lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

A man sits in a chair in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

A food delivery person walks through the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

A bellhop stands inside the Roosevelt Hotel a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

A front desk clerk watches the Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearing at the Roosevelt Hotel a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) carry placards as they take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses outside parliament in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses, outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) carry placards as they take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses, outside parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) carry placards as they take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses outside parliament in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) carry placards as they take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses outside parliament in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) hold placards as they take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) hold placards as they take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) carry placards as they take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses outside parliament in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) carry placards as the take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses in Cape Town, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A Member of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) joins other strikers as they take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses outside parliament in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) carry placards as they take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses outside parliament in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) carry placards as they take part in a nationwide strike over issues including corruption and job losses outside parliament in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Mohd Irfan, a businessman, shows a picture on his phone of his father Mohd Mobin, 59, who was also a businessman and who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as he poses for a photograph in New Delhi, India, September 22, 2020. "My whole world has collapsed. He was everything for us. He was like a roof to me and to my family. He protected us. I don't have any words to describe the loss. This pandemic has hit us hard. Life will not be the same again. I miss his presence," said Irfan. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "COVID DEATHS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Biplab Kumar Chatterjee, 65, a laboratory technician, shows a picture on his phone of his mother-in-law Krishna Ghosh, 85, a housewife, who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as he poses for a photograph, in Kolkata, India, September 27, 2020. "My mother-in-law's loss is painful. I was also a Covid positive. I recovered but my mother-in-law died. She was in a private hospital for three days; we had tried our best but could not save her because of her age and she had many other health problems," Chatterjee said. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri SEARCH "COVID DEATHS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Maysoon Salama, mother of Ata Mohammad Ata Elayyan who was killed in the shooting, gives a victim impact statement about the loss of her son during the sentencing of mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant at the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, August 24, 2020. John Kirk-Anderson/Pool via REUTERS

Maysoon Salama, mother of Ata Mohammad Ata Elayyan who was killed in the shooting, gives a victim impact statement about the loss of her son during the sentencing of mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant at the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, August 24, 2020. John Kirk-Anderson/Pool via REUTERS

Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in Northwest Washington display painted bedsheets protesting for the cancelation of rent due to the loss of jobs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in Northwest Washington display a painted bedsheet protesting for the cancelation of rent due to the loss of jobs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in Northwest Washington display a painted bedsheet protesting for the cancelation of rent due to the loss of jobs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in Northwest Washington display a painted bedsheet protesting for the cancelation of rent due to the loss of jobs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in Northwest Washington display a painted bedsheet protesting for the cancelation of rent due to the loss of jobs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in Northwest Washington display painted bedsheets protesting for the cancelation of rent due to the loss of jobs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in Northwest Washington display painted bedsheets protesting for the cancelation of rent due to the loss of jobs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in Northwest Washington display painted bedsheets protesting for the cancelation of rent due to the loss of jobs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in Northwest Washington display a painted bedsheet protesting for the cancelation of rent due to the loss of jobs during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Signs lay on the ground after people gathered outside of an apartment complex with the intention to stop the alleged eviction of one of the tenants in Mount Rainier, MD, U.S., August 10, 2020. While Maryland remains under a State of Emergency, evictions are prohibited for tenants who are 'suffering substantial loss of income due to COVID-19'. Picture taken August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Maryland Rep Julian Ivey speaks out about evictions after gathering with others outside of an apartment complex with the intention to stop the alleged eviction of one of the tenants in Mount Rainier, MD, U.S., August 10, 2020. While Maryland remains under a State of Emergency, evictions are prohibited for tenants who are 'suffering substantial loss of income due to COVID-19'. Picture taken August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Angela Wolf carries a protest sign for nearby traffic to see after gathering with people outside of an apartment complex with the intention to stop the alleged eviction of one of the tenants in Mount Rainier, MD, U.S., August 10, 2020. While Maryland remains under a State of Emergency, evictions are prohibited for tenants who are 'suffering substantial loss of income due to COVID-19'. Picture taken August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Protesters wave goodbye to the landlord as he leaves after they gathered outside of an apartment complex with the intention to stop the alleged eviction of one of the tenants in Mount Rainier, MD, U.S., August 10, 2020. While Maryland remains under a State of Emergency, evictions are prohibited for tenants who are 'suffering substantial loss of income due to COVID-19'. Picture taken August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

People gather outside of an apartment complex with the intention to stop the alleged eviction of one of the tenants in Mount Rainier, MD, U.S., August 10, 2020. While Maryland remains under a State of Emergency, evictions are prohibited for tenants who are 'suffering substantial loss of income due to COVID-19'. Picture taken August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

A protest organizer gathers with others outside of an apartment complex with the intention to stop the alleged eviction of one of the tenants in Mount Rainier, MD, U.S., August 10, 2020. While Maryland remains under a State of Emergency, evictions are prohibited for tenants who are 'suffering substantial loss of income due to COVID-19'. Picture taken August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

People gather outside of an apartment complex with the intention to stop the alleged eviction of one of the tenants in Mount Rainier, MD, U.S., August 10, 2020. While Maryland remains under a State of Emergency, evictions are prohibited for tenants who are 'suffering substantial loss of income due to COVID-19'. Picture taken August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis