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Himalayan glacier disaster highlights climate change risks
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Himalayan glacier disaster highlights climate change risks

NEW DELHI (AP) — When Ravi Chopra saw the devastating deluge of water and debris crash downstream from a Himalayan…
India glacier avalanche leaves 12 dead, 170 missing
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India glacier avalanche leaves 12 dead, 170 missing

LUCKNOW (Reuters) – Rescuers were looking for an estimated 170 people missing in the Indian Himalayas on Monday, including some…
Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data
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Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data

BERLIN (AP) — An icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international effort to study the high Arctic has returned to…
‘Canary in the coal mine’: Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds
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‘Canary in the coal mine’: Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds

Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter…
New Zealand: Glacier melts enough ice to provide drinking water for country
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New Zealand: Glacier melts enough ice to provide drinking water for country

A glacier in New Zealand is believed to have lost so much ice over the last three years that it…
Russia sees melting permafrost behind Arctic fuel spill
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Russia sees melting permafrost behind Arctic fuel spill

An unprecedented fuel spill that has polluted huge stretches of Arctic rivers was caused by melting permafrost, Russian officials said…
Arctic ‘doomsday vault’ stocks up on more food seeds
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Arctic ‘doomsday vault’ stocks up on more food seeds

An Arctic “doomsday vault” is set Tuesday to receive 60,000 samples of seeds from around the world as the biggest…
Global warming to blame for hottest day in Argentine Antarctica
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Global warming to blame for hottest day in Argentine Antarctica

Global warming is to blame for Argentine Antarctica recording its hottest day since readings began, Greenpeace said on Friday. Temperatures…
Arctic has one of warmest years, raising fears over rising sea levels
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Arctic has one of warmest years, raising fears over rising sea levels

The Arctic has experienced its second warmest year since 1900, according to a report published Tuesday, raising fears over low…
New photos vs old: comparisons show dramatic Swiss glacier retreat
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New photos vs old: comparisons show dramatic Swiss glacier retreat

THE FURKA PASS, Switzerland (Reuters) – On the hairpin bend of a Swiss mountain pass, a Victorian-era hotel built for…
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