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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.

People 5 years ago

Mountain lovers wed above the clouds in Kurdish Iraq

Avid mountaineers Salar and Soma met while trekking in Iraqi Kurdistan, so it was only natural they would get married amid its majestic peaks, some 2,000 meters above sea level.

Environment 5 years ago

Sheepish St Bernard dog rescued from English mountain

Sixteen rescuers were called out to save a St Bernard dog stranded on an English mountain, in an embarrassing episode for the member of a breed more famed for rescuing stricken humans from the icy dangers of the high Alps.

News 5 years ago

Australian mountains ditch King Leopold name

An Australian mountain range named after Belgium's notorious King Leopold II was given a new title reflecting its traditional owners on Friday, as officials shed the connection to an "evil tyrant".

News 6 years ago

Nirmal Purja makes history by climbing all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters in 190 days

Shishapangma, at 8,027m, in China was the last among the world's 14 eight-thousanders in Purja's list.

Tips 6 years ago

Five mountains to hike in East Java besides Mount Raung

Since a fire closed East Java's Mount Raung, here is a list of alternative mountains to hike in the region.

Environment 6 years ago

Hunger for concrete eats away at mountains

Soon, Jamal's voice will no longer ring out over the mountain slopes he's roamed for years with his herd in northern Cyprus. To feed the concrete demands of hotels, holiday homes and road-building, quarries are eating away at the mountains where his goats graze.

National 6 years ago

Alert status for Mt. Slamet raised over increasing volcanic activity

The alert status was raised after the Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) recorded at least 51,511 tremors from June 1 to Aug. 8, as well as five local tectonic earthquakes and 15 long-distance tectonic earthquakes in the same period, PVMBG head Kasbani said.