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fromState of the Planet
2 days ago
Environment

These Glacier Guardians Are Women

The Quelccaya ice cap in Peru has lost 37 percent of its area in 40 years, threatening the livelihoods of alpaca herders in Phinaya who depend on glacier water and pastures for survival.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago
Environment

Vonn, Shiffrin and Brignone among the Olympic skiers voicing concern over receding glaciers

Glaciers near Cortina d'Ampezzo have dramatically shrunk, threatening alpine skiing and prompting athletes to warn that warming jeopardizes the future of their sport.
Environment
fromState of the Planet
2 days ago

These Glacier Guardians Are Women

The Quelccaya ice cap in Peru has lost 37 percent of its area in 40 years, threatening the livelihoods of alpaca herders in Phinaya who depend on glacier water and pastures for survival.
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fromFuturism
1 month ago

Scientists Scramble to Set Up Outpost on Rapidly Melting Glacier

During a rare break in the weather, the NYT says helicopters airlifted the researchers and their equipment 19 miles to their planned outpost site on top of the glacier. The two helicopters involved flew a dozen total loads of cargo from the icebreaker ship to the camp site, while glacial scientists and engineers erected a small tent city, complete with bathrooms, generators, and a mess hall.
Environment
Environment
fromwww.thelocal.com
3 years ago

Europe's temperatures rising more than twice global average, UN warns

Europe's temperatures rose over twice the global average in the past three decades, about 0.5°C per decade since 1991, driving rapid ice melt.
Environment
fromwww.thelocal.ch
4 months ago

Why is Switzerland warming faster than most countries in the world?

Switzerland is warming about twice as fast as the global average due to its landlocked location, Alpine altitude/morphology, and albedo loss from melting snow and ice.
fromwww.npr.org
5 months ago

Greetings from the Rhone Glacier, where a gash of pink highlights how it's melting

"What do you think would look better: pink or green?" The bubblegum hue won. A scientist from the Swiss public university ETH Zurich nodded, pulling out a bottle of pink dye to release from the top of the Rhone Glacier in the Swiss Alps. Turning the rivulet flowing down a melting glacier into a bright-pink stream was the least scientific test carried out this day.
Science
Environment
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 months ago

Crisis of justice' as floods devastate: Pakistan's climate change minister

Pakistan ranks among the top 10 most climate-vulnerable nations, suffering catastrophic floods and agricultural threats despite contributing less than 1% of global emissions.
Environment
fromInsideHook
6 months ago

Scientists Find That Central Asian Glaciers May Be at Risk

Pamir Mountains glaciers have experienced substantially lower snowfall since 2018, causing declining glacier mass and raising concerns about long-term glacier health.
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