Before-and-After Satellite Images Show Upsetting Glacier Loss in Swiss Alps
NASA's Landsats captured views of a Swiss glacier 40 years apart, showing how a warming world has reduced its footprint.
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NZ's glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice—as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change
Loss of glacial ice also destabilizes the surrounding landscape, with potentially hazardous impacts. Glacial retreat is ...
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Saving lives and infrastructures as glaciers melt
In all cases, it’s important to leverage local knowledge and actively involve the affected communities. As the Thame glacial lake flooding incident demonstrated, local knowledge is vital to saving ...
Citing melting glaciers, Peruvian farmer tests global climate law
The farmer is suing German energy giant RWE, demanding it contribute to the cost of flood mitigation measures in a landmark ...
The Alps Are Melting: Four Decades of Glacier Loss Captured From Space
The Alps, home to the iconic Aletsch Glacier, are undergoing a dramatic transformation. Satellite imagery spanning four ...
Dust dynamics and atmospheric circulation shifts in the Tarim Basin during the Glacial–Holocene transition
Between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago, the Earth experienced significant climatic changes, including the rapid retreat of ice ...
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Is glacier retreat endangering electricity production?
The melting of glaciers is becoming increasingly drastic. Salzburg's ice giants are shrinking faster. This also raises ...
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Alarming Glacier Retreat In Arunachal Pradesh Over Three Decades
However, rapid glacial retreat in recent decades has raised concerns about long-term water availability and ecological balance. The study used Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information ...
Peruvian farmer sues German energy firm over melting glaciers
INAIGEMAs global temperatures rise, stunning glaciers in the high mountains of northern Peru are melting. While the government is rushing to set up infrastructure to fend off flooding, one farmer in ...
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NZ’s glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice – as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change
Glacial retreat is causing weakening and collapse of steep valley sides that were once supported by ice. The lowering and flattening of ice surfaces means rain and meltwater form ponds that can ...
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NZ's glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice—as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change
Like a bank account where expenses continually exceed income, the glaciers are out of balance. If left unchecked, eventually the bank account runs dry. The retreat of Fox Glacier destabilises ...