Thermal drones seek survivors after deadly Italy glacier collapse
CANAZEI, Italy (AFP) -- Rescuers used thermal drones Monday to search for possible survivors trapped under ice after an…
4 years ago
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Glacier melt is speeding up, raising seas: global study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Nearly all of the world's glaciers are losing mass at an ever increasing…
5 years ago
Indian rescuers try drilling from above into disaster tunnel
by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France-Presse INDIA (AFP) — Indian rescuers began drilling from above a debris-filled tunnel Thursday in a…
5 years ago
‘Run!’: India glacier disaster survivors recount tunnel escape
by Jalees Andrabi and Aishwarya Kumar in Kochi Agence France-Presse TAPOVAN, India (AFP) — A whistle turned into a roar…
5 years ago
Desperate search for survivors after India glacier disaster
by Jalees ANDRABI TAPOVAN, India (AFP) -- Indian rescue workers battled through tonnes of rock and mud Tuesday searching for…
5 years ago
14 dead, 170 missing after Indian glacier breaks off
by Jalees ANDRABI RISHIKESH, India (AFP) -- Fourteen people were confirmed dead on Monday and at least 170 others were…
5 years ago
Three dead, 150 missing in India river torrent disaster caused by broken glacier
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Three people were confirmed dead and at least 150 were missing in northern India after…
5 years ago
Giant metallic ‘steed’ traverses Iceland’s threatened glacier
by Jeremie Richard Agence France-Presse LANGJOKULL, Glacier, Iceland (AFP) — Instead of a slow slog on snowshoes, a giant bus…
6 years ago
Massive chunk of Greenland’s largest glacier crashes into sea
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- A massive chunk of ice -- larger than the city of Paris -- has broken off…
6 years ago
Italy resort lifts alert on melting glacier threat
ROME, Italy (AFP) — An Italian Alpine resort on Sunday lifted a state of alert declared last week over fears that…
6 years ago
Photos taken a century apart show stark Mont Blanc glacier melt
by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- In 1919 a pioneering aviator took iconic photos of the…
7 years ago
Biggest Alpine glacier could disappear by 2100: study
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The mighty Aletsch -- the largest glacier in the Alps -- could completely disappear by the…
7 years ago
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