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Scientists discovered a surprising cooling trend on glaciers in Mount Everest 10 years ago. Now they think they know what's causing it.
For the last 15 years, local temperatures have dropped on mountains like Mount Everest during warme…
Saugat Bolakhe
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Map shows the ice sheets and glaciers melting that scientists most fear will be the source of catastrophic rising sea levels
Sea levels are rising steadily each year due to global warming, but these glaciers and ice sheets m…
Marianne Guenot,Annie Fu
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Climate change continued brutal advance in 2022, affected communities for billions of dollars on all continents: WMO
Throughout the year, hazardous climate and weather-related events drove new population displacement…
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Glaciers in Switzerland melted so much that they revealed 2 long-lost bodies and a plane wreck from 1968
As the world warms due to climate change, glaciers in the Swiss Alps are thawing, especially in the…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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'Doomsday' glacier which could raise sea levels by several feet if melted — is 'holding on by its fingernails' says new study
Using a new sea floor mapping technique, scientists found the Thwaites "Doomsday" glacier had retre…
Mia Jankowicz
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Thanks to a secret Cold War project, researchers found fossilized plants 4,500 feet under Greenland's ice sheet
Fossilized plants found deep below the ice suggest the ice sheet disappeared at least once in the l…
Aria Bendix
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Rapidly retreating Arctic glaciers are triggering the release of ancient methane. Here's why scientists are worried.
Groundwater springs have appeared close to Svalbard's retreating glaciers. Scientists are worried t…
Marianne Guenot
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A severe heatwave melted a glacier, triggering floods that washed away an important bridge connecting Pakistan and China
The historic bridge in Pakistan crumbled in moments, renewing concerns of the disastrous effects of…
Waiyee Yip
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India's Indus water tower is the most important in the world — but it's also the most vulnerable
"We conclude that the most important water towers are also among the most vulnerable, and that c…
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200 major glaciers disappeared in Italy due to climate change, the country's environmental lobby group reported
The lack of fresh water from glacial reserves is a significant contributor to the drought gripping …
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A pandora's box of 28 ancient viruses are trapped in glaciers — and climate change could set them free
The best-case scenario is despite the melting ice, the viruses won't activate. Even so, it wou…
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Microplastics found at the highest point on Earth as the glaciers around Mount Everest’s death zone melt
Microplastics are one of the most harmful side effects of humans using the planet, and they're incr…
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Antarctica's Thwaites glacier is in peril, images reveal. The so-called 'doomsday glacier' could trigger 10 feet of sea-level rise if it melts.
This moth, two new studies have added detail to the alarming picture. Research published last week …
Susie Neilson
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Why the melting of the Arctic ice matters to India
The Arctic has experienced two to four times faster temperature increases than the rest of the worl…
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Dozens of times drought, ice melt, and storm surge unearthed unusual and unsettling discoveries this year
As the world warms, old sites, ancient artifacts, rare fossils, and even human remains are being un…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Lump of glacier falls off Italian Alps, sparking avalanche that crushed at least 6 hikers to death
Part of the glacier in the Marmolada range collapsed on Sunday, prompting a desperate search for su…
Sinéad Baker
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'The Day After Tomorrow' film foretold a real and troubling trend: The Atlantic ocean's circulation system is weakening
New research suggests the type of climate shift depicted in the film "The Day After Tomorrow" is po…
Aylin Woodward
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The amount of warming that world leaders collectively agreed to avoid? It's inevitable in the next 20 years, a new report suggests.
In the Paris agreement, 195 countries agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. A new …
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-…
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Most of the glaciers of the Himalayan mountain range surrounding Mount Everest will melt by the end of the 21st century: Report
In fact, one-third of the Himalayan glacier will melt by 2100 even if the global efforts are u…
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Climate-related changes to Earth's ice and oceans are now 'irreversible for centuries to millennia,' a new report says
The new IPCC report concludes that the past century has changed the Earth as we know it - and that …