Melting
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How Pakistan’s melting glaciers destroy mountain villages
In the village of Passu, just over an hour’s drive from Hassanabad, they are holding an evacuation drill; preparation for…
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Discoveries & Research
Measurements from ‘lost’ Seaglider offer new insights into Antarctic ice melting
New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by…
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Discoveries & Research
Melting Arctic sea-ice could affect global ocean circulation
“Our finding that enhanced melting of Arctic sea-ice likely resulted in significant cooling in northern Europe in the earth’s past…
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Switzerland and Italy partly redraw border over melting glaciers
Statistics published last September showed that Switzerland’s glaciers lost 4% of their volume in 2023, the second biggest loss ever…
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Discoveries & Research
Atmospheric blocking slows ocean-driven melting of Greenland’s largest glacier tongue
Northeast Greenland is home to the 79° N Glacier – the country’s largest floating glacier tongue, but also one seriously…
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Politics
Melting sea ice, disappearing high-fat food sources mean trouble for Hudson Bay polar bears
Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada’s massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region…
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