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Environment 4 years ago

Chile creates national park to save glaciers

Chile said Saturday it is creating a vast national park to protect hundreds of glaciers that are melting due to climate change.

SE Asia 5 years ago

India's glacier disaster highlights Himalayan dangers

Long before this month's deadly flash flood in a remote Indian Himalayan valley, Kundan Singh Rana knew that all the construction work in the fragile region would one day mean disaster.

World 5 years ago

14 dead, 125 missing in India after burst glacier causes flash flooding

Three bodies have been found and a desperate operation has been launched to rescue about 20 people trapped in a tunnel, the Uttarakhand state police chief said.

Environment 5 years ago

Greenland's largest glaciers likely to melt faster than feared: Study

The three largest glaciers in Greenland could melt faster than even the worst-case warming predictions, research published Tuesday showed.

Environment 5 years ago

Giant metallic 'steed' traverses Iceland's threatened glacier

Instead of a slow slog on snowshoes, a giant bus sweeps passengers at up to 60 kilometers an hour across Iceland's second largest glacier, which scientists predict will likely be nearly gone by the end of the century.

Environment 5 years ago

Melting Alpine glaciers yield archaeologic troves, but clock ticking

It is one of many valuable archaeological sites to emerge in recent decades from rapidly melting glacier ice, sparking a brand-new field of research: glacier archaeology.

Environment 5 years ago

'Slight improvement' in melting glacier threatening Italy resort

The threat that a massive chunk of glacier loosened by soaring temperatures could collapse near an alpine resort on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc mountain range has slightly eased.

News 5 years ago

Italian valley still in 'red zone' as Mont Blanc glacier threatens collapse

An Italian alpine resort remained on high alert Friday over fears a vast chunk of a glacier on the slopes of the Mont Blanc massif could plummet in high temperatures.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

Glaciers could have sculpted Mars valleys: Study

The question of whether ancient life could have existed on Mars centers on the water that once flowed there, but new research published Monday suggests that many of the Red Planet's valleys were gouged by icy glaciers not rivers.

Environment 6 years ago

Eine kleine Eismusik: Take it in on Italy's disappearing glacier

Forget strapless gowns and skimpy dresses. Audiences to this Italian music concert, with instruments made of ice, need to dress for arctic conditions as the venue is in an igloo on top of a glacier.

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glacier

Chile creates national park to save glaciers

India's glacier disaster highlights Himalayan dangers

14 dead, 125 missing in India after burst glacier causes flash flooding

Greenland's largest glaciers likely to melt faster than feared: Study

Giant metallic 'steed' traverses Iceland's threatened glacier

Melting Alpine glaciers yield archaeologic troves, but clock ticking

'Slight improvement' in melting glacier threatening Italy resort

Italian valley still in 'red zone' as Mont Blanc glacier threatens collapse

Glaciers could have sculpted Mars valleys: Study

Eine kleine Eismusik: Take it in on Italy's disappearing glacier

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