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Asia
India launches flood warning systems at Himalayan glacial lakes
NEW DELHI: India is setting up high-tech warning systems at nearly 200 Himalayan glacial lakes at risk of bursting their banks,…
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Travel
Chilean glacier permanently closed to hikers after ice chunk falls off
Local guides says the closure of Patagonia’s Exploradores glacier is an ‘economic and emotional blow’. ADVERTISEMENT Hikers have been permanently…
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News
After a glacial dam outburst destroyed homes in Alaska, a look at the risks of melting ice masses
JUNEAU, Alaska — People in Alaska’s capital have lived for more than a decade with periodic glacial dam outbursts like…
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Travel
Alaska’s famous glacier is melting but the cruise ships keep coming
Crammed with tourists, Alaska’s capital wonders what will happen as its magnificent glacier recedes. Thousands of tourists spill onto a…
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News
Himalayan glaciers on track to lose up to 75% of ice by 2100: Report
Further advances in satellite technology in the past five years, alongside bolstered field efforts, have buoyed scientists’ understanding of the…
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Middle East
Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier
Daily tides stoked with increasingly warmer water ate a hole taller than the Washington Monument at the bottom of one…
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