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'Free Solo' climber Alex Honnold often sees melted glaciers on his climbs. It's changed the course of his career.
'Free Solo' star Alex Honnold saw the effects of climate change in his climbing career. He started …
Julia Pugachevsky
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As glaciers in Ladakh melt, regional IMD Director expresses concern over steep rise in temperatures
Notably, a maximum temperature of 30.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in Leh on July 30.
ANI
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Photos show the mysterious ancient objects that mountaineers are finding on the Alps' melting glaciers
From the Iron Age to the Ancient Romans to the Middle Ages, people traveled across the Alps's icy m…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Satellite monitoring shows large expansion in 27% identified glacial lakes in Himalayas: ISRO
"Of the 2,431 lakes larger than 10 hectares identified during 2016-17, 676 glacial lakes have no…
PTI
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An 'ice-free' summer awaits the Arctic within ten years, study finds!
Although Arctic ice has been steadily diminishing over the past fifty years, the most dramatic decl…
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Octopus DNA gives scientists a glimpse into Antarctica's ancient past, and a possible highly unstable future
By studying the DNA of separate octopus populations, they stumbled upon a remarkable truth: around …
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Melting glaciers endanger mountain villages in Pakistan
The vulnerable villages in Pakistan's mountainous north are facing a threat to their future due to …
ANI
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Wind is thawing Greenland, but also helping Antarctica retain its ice sheets somehow
Even if you leave the various glacier-laced mountains out of the equation, the ice sheets in Greenl…
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Melting poles: Unprecedented levels of sea ice loss threatens global climate balance
Sea ice plays a crucial role in maintaining Earth's temperature by reflecting a significant amount …
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The remains of long-lost climbers are appearing as climate change melts glaciers
Earlier this month, Swiss officials found the remains of a climber who had been missing since 1986 …
Katie Hawkinson
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A hiker discovered a wealthy traveler's remains on a skiing glacier in Switzerland. They turned out to be 400 years old.
A mysterious man died trekking across Switzerland's Theodul glacier. Archaeologists think he's a sn…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Sea levels rose by one centimetre in past two years; last eight years might be the hottest ever: WMO
In fact, the pace of sea-level rising has doubled since 1993, which could have potential calamitous…
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Nepal is planning to move its Everest base camp because of rapidly thinning glaciers and erosion from climbers
The base camp, which is on top of a glacier thinning at a rate of 1 meter per year, is unsafe for c…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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A decades-old corpse was found in a melting Austrian glacier. Police identified the man using a preserved driver's license found in his backpack.
Rising temperatures due to climate change are leading to the discovery of bodies trapped beneath th…
Rebecca Cohen
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South Pole Secret! Massive network of prehistoric valleys, lakes and hills found deep under Antarctica
Antarctica might be a vast ice sheet today, but it wasn't always so. Portions of the southern conti…
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Scientists want to build 62-mile-long curtains around the 'doomsday glacier' for a $50 billion Hail Mary to save it
The Thwaites glacier is melting. Scientists will test underwater curtains to prevent the 'doomsday'…
Ellyn Lapointe
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There's another missing submersible: A $3.6 million vessel mysteriously disappeared near Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier'
There's another missing submersible: Scientists lost contact with a $3.6M sub revolutionizing clima…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Key ice shelf on Antarctica's doomsday glacier will probably shatter like a car windshield within 5 years, scientists say
Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier — a key source of sea-level rise — will melt much faster after losing…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An unexpected force may be speeding up glacier melt across the globe: colorful algae blooms
Ice and snow across the planet are turning spectacular shades of pink, purple, and green. Scientist…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Elite cocktail bars in the UAE have a new way to draw in customers: luxury ice from arctic glaciers
A company in Greenland is harvesting ice from the country's shrinking glaciers and selling it to el…