Berichten getagd ‘Glaciers’
Climate change has turned Peru’s glacial lake into a deadly flood timebomb
Lake Palcacocha is swollen with water from melting ice caps in the Cordillera Blanca mountains. Below, 50,000 people live directly in the flood path
Lees meerUnderwater melting of Antarctic ice far greater than thought, study finds
The base of the ice around the south pole shrank by 1,463 square kilometres between 2010 and 2016
Lees meerScientists find glacial rivers absorb carbon faster than rainforests
‘Total surprise’ finding overturns conventional understanding of rivers
Lees meerA third of Himalayan ice cap doomed, finds report
Even radical climate change action won’t save glaciers, endangering 2 billion people
Lees meerThe world has a third pole – and it’s melting quickly
An IPCC report says two-thirds of glaciers on the largest ice sheet after the Arctic and Antarctic are set to disappear in 80 years
Lees meerShrinking glaciers: Mont Blanc from the air, 100 years on
A century after Walter Mittelholzer’s famous aerial mission, scientists repeat his journey to shed light on the impact of global heating
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