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How melting glaciers are forcing Switzerland, Italy to redraw borders
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How melting glaciers are forcing Switzerland, Italy to redraw borders

Firstpost  

With Europe being the world’s fastest-warming continent, the impact of climate change is being felt most acutely in areas like the Alps. Melting glaciers have altered the frontier between Switzerland and Italy because the border itself is defined by the ridge lines of glaciers – which change as they shrink. Experts say glaciers are set to lose 50 per cent …

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Researchers create 3D model of melting glaciers using historical photographs from Antarctica
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Researchers create 3D model of melting glaciers using historical photographs from Antarctica

ABC  

In 1968, an aircraft flew over the Larsen B ice shelf on the edge of the Antarctic Peninsula. "The information that these images contain about such a remote and often inaccessible location is priceless," University of Wollongong PhD candidate Ryan North said. "After constructing an accurate 3D model of the landscape using more than 850 photos, I found the glaciers …

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Alaska glacier dam outburst: How risky are floods caused by bursting of snow and ice dams?
1 year, 4 months ago

Alaska glacier dam outburst: How risky are floods caused by bursting of snow and ice dams?

Firstpost  

People in Alaska’s capital have lived for more than a decade with periodic glacial dam outbursts like the one witnessed over the weekend. But the most recent flood was surprising for how quickly the water moved as the surging Mendenhall River devoured riverbanks, undermining and damaging homes A glacial dam burst in Alaska’s capital over the weekend. Lake and streamflow …

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After a glacial dam outburst destroyed homes in Alaska, a look at the risks of melting ice masses
1 year, 4 months ago

After a glacial dam outburst destroyed homes in Alaska, a look at the risks of melting ice masses

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — People in Alaska’s capital have lived for more than a decade with periodic glacial dam outbursts like the one that destroyed at least two homes over the weekend. The swollen Mendenhall River courses along a neighborhood in Juneau, Alaska, on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, after a glacial dam burst earlier in the weekend caused flooding along the …

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Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier
1 year, 7 months ago

Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier

The Independent  

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Study: Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100
1 year, 11 months ago

Study: Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100

Associated Press  

The world’s glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them projected to melt out of existence by the end of the century at current climate change trends, according to a new study. In an also unlikely worst-case scenario of several degrees of warming, 83% of the world’s glaciers would likely disappear by the year 2100, …

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As climate clock ticks, aviator races to photograph glaciers
2 years ago

As climate clock ticks, aviator races to photograph glaciers

Al Jazeera  

Chunks of ice floated in milky blue waters. The closer to the surface, the more the water roared – and the louder the “crack” of ice, as pieces fell from the arm of Europe’s largest glacier. Against this outsized backdrop, the plane carrying the man who chases glaciers seemed almost like a toy. According to data from the European Environmental …

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Melting Greenland ice sheet could cause sea levels to rise by 0.5 INCHES by the end of the century
2 years, 1 month ago

Melting Greenland ice sheet could cause sea levels to rise by 0.5 INCHES by the end of the century

Daily Mail  

Melting of the Northeast Greenland Ice Sheet could cause sea levels to rise by half an inch by the end of the century, a new study has warned. Researchers from Denmark and the US used satellite data and numerical models to examine ice loss from the sheet since 2012. Researchers from Denmark and the US used satellite data and numerical …

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Iceland lost 750 sq km of glaciers over the last two decades due to global warming
3 years, 6 months ago

Iceland lost 750 sq km of glaciers over the last two decades due to global warming

Firstpost  

Experts have previously warned that Iceland’s glaciers are at risk of disappearing entirely by 2200. Iceland’s glaciers have lost around 750 square kilometres, or seven percent of their surface, since the turn of the millennium due to global warming, a study published on Monday showed. The glaciers, which cover more than 10 percent of the country’s land mass, shrank in …

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Half of Antarctica's glacier-retaining ice shelves at risk of crumbling due to climate change
4 years, 3 months ago

Half of Antarctica's glacier-retaining ice shelves at risk of crumbling due to climate change

Firstpost  

The findings show that atmospheric warming is attacking ice shelves from above as well as warm ocean water at the surface. More than half the ice shelves ringing Antarctica that prevent huge glaciers from sliding into the ocean and lifting sea levels are at risk of crumbling due to climate change, researchers said Wednesday. “If the ice shelves fill up …

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