The race to save post-glacial landscapes amidst glacier retreat
By Amélie HERENSTEIN LES CONTAMINES, France, Oct 19, 2023 (AFP) - Water surged through a desolate canyon of grey rock…
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Europe is world’s fastest warming continent: climate report
PARIS, June 19, 2023 (AFP) - Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping…
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UN reports ‘off the charts’ melting of glaciers
by Robin MILLARD The world's glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause,…
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Half of world’s glaciers expected to vanish by 2100: study
by Lucie AUBOURG Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Half of the Earth's glaciers, notably smaller ones, are destined…
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Swiss glaciers shrink in half since 1931: study
by Nina LARSON Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Swiss glaciers have shed half their volume since 1931,…
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Arctic warming four times faster than rest of Earth: study
Eurasian sector of Arctic Ocean has also warmed as much as 1.25C per decade -- seven times faster than the…
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Chile creates national park to save glaciers
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) - Chile said Saturday it is creating a vast national park to protect hundreds of glaciers that…
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Melting glaciers, fast-disappering gauge of climate change
by Pablo COZZAGLIO / Alberto PEÑA Agence France-Presse AYSEN, Chile (AFP) - A crack widens in the San Rafael glacier…
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Mountain glaciers hold less ice than thought, and that’s bad news
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Mountain glaciers shrinking due to climate change are less voluminous than…
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Glacier lakes accelerate disappearance of permanent ice: study
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - Glaciers are retreating faster globally due to climate change but they melt more quickly when they…
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Chilean scientists study climate change at ‘end of the world’
Chilean scientists studying organisms in one of the most remote places on Earth are urging regional leaders to step up…
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Swiss glaciologist bears witness to relentless Alpine glacier melt
by Eloi ROUYER Agence France-Presse SWITZERLAND (AFP) — After hiking for hours across the mountain and a vast expanse of…
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