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New Zealand: Glacier melts enough ice to provide drinking water for country
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New Zealand: Glacier melts enough ice to provide drinking water for country

A glacier in New Zealand is believed to have lost so much ice over the last three years that it…
New photos vs old: comparisons show dramatic Swiss glacier retreat
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New photos vs old: comparisons show dramatic Swiss glacier retreat

THE FURKA PASS, Switzerland (Reuters) – On the hairpin bend of a Swiss mountain pass, a Victorian-era hotel built for…
Iceland students see chilling reality of melting glacier
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Iceland students see chilling reality of melting glacier

Icelandic seventh-grader Lilja Einarsdottir is on an unusual field trip with her class: they’re measuring the Solheimajokull glacier to see…
Swiss glaciers shrink 10 percent in five years: study
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Swiss glaciers shrink 10 percent in five years: study

Switzerland’s glaciers have lost a tenth of their volume in the past five years alone — a melting rate unmatched…
Soaring eagle films crumbling Alpine glaciers as Earth warms
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Soaring eagle films crumbling Alpine glaciers as Earth warms

PARIS (AP) — The images will be stunningly beautiful yet also hint of dire future consequences. Filmed with a camera…
Melting snowcaps spell water trouble for world’s highest capital
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Melting snowcaps spell water trouble for world’s highest capital

Water resources are running dry in the world’s highest-elevation capital due to the combined effect of the Andean glaciers melting,…
‘Iceberg Corridor’ sparks tourist boom on Canada’s east coast
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‘Iceberg Corridor’ sparks tourist boom on Canada’s east coast

At dusk, tourists marvel at the sensational collapse of an iceberg at the end of its long journey from Greenland…
Shrinking glaciers and rockfalls point to climate change in Alps
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Shrinking glaciers and rockfalls point to climate change in Alps

High in the French Alps on the famed Mont Blanc mountain range, it is not hard to find evidence of…
Mount Everest clean-up team picks up 3 tons of garbage
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Mount Everest clean-up team picks up 3 tons of garbage

A 14-member team sent by the Nepalese government to tidy up Mount Everest has so far collected three tonnes (3.3 US…
Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia’s rivers, crops: study
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Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia’s rivers, crops: study

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – At least a third of the ice in the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush will thaw this…
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