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Swiss Glaciers Hit Annual Tipping Point Weeks Early
The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland's glaciers has already melted away, a monitoring service said, with Friday marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as glacier loss day.
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Body Found In Search Of Swiss Village After Glacier Collapses
Search parties combing the Swiss Alpine village that was buried last month after the collapse of a glacier have found human remains, police said.
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Video: Swiss Village Nearly Wiped Out After Glacier Collapse Causes Catastrophic Landslide
Swiss glaciologists attribute the accelerating glacier thaw to climate change, which has increased the risk of such disasters.
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Austria's Alpine Refuges And Trails Crumble As Climate Warms
Experts say warmer temperatures across the Alps are accelerating glacier melt and thawing permafrost, the year-round ice that binds together giant slabs of rock.
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Swiss Hold "Funeral March" To Mark The Disappearance Of Alpine Glacier
Dozens of people dressed in black went on a "funeral march" up a steep Swiss mountainside on Sunday to mark the disappearance of an Alpine glacier amid growing global alarm over climate change.
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Biggest Alpine Glacier Could Disappear By 2100: Study
The mighty Aletsch -- the largest glacier in the Alps -- could completely disappear by the end of this century if nothing is done to rein in climate change, a study showed Thursday.
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Blankets Cover Swiss Glacier In Vain Effort To Halt Icemelt
From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow the melting of the rapidly retreating ice.
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Weather Hampers New Zealand Alpine Crash Recovery as Bodies Identified
Specialist alpine rescuers battled through atrocious weather Sunday to reach a helicopter crash site where seven people, including four English and two Australian tourists, were killed in New Zealand.
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7 Dead as New Zealand Helicopter Crashes Into Glacier
Six tourists and their pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed into a heavily crevassed glacier in New Zealand during bad weather today, police said.
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Climate change melts Alpine glaciers
Global warming is beginning to make its ominous presence felt here at the 23 kilometer long Aletsch Glacier, the longest in the Alps.
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Cricket set for Alpine adventure
Cricket is all set to touch a new high as the Europe's longest glacier in Alps will soon host an exhibition match between India and England.
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Swiss Glaciers Hit Annual Tipping Point Weeks Early
The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland's glaciers has already melted away, a monitoring service said, with Friday marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as glacier loss day.
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Body Found In Search Of Swiss Village After Glacier Collapses
Search parties combing the Swiss Alpine village that was buried last month after the collapse of a glacier have found human remains, police said.
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Video: Swiss Village Nearly Wiped Out After Glacier Collapse Causes Catastrophic Landslide
Swiss glaciologists attribute the accelerating glacier thaw to climate change, which has increased the risk of such disasters.
-
Austria's Alpine Refuges And Trails Crumble As Climate Warms
Experts say warmer temperatures across the Alps are accelerating glacier melt and thawing permafrost, the year-round ice that binds together giant slabs of rock.
-
Swiss Hold "Funeral March" To Mark The Disappearance Of Alpine Glacier
Dozens of people dressed in black went on a "funeral march" up a steep Swiss mountainside on Sunday to mark the disappearance of an Alpine glacier amid growing global alarm over climate change.
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Biggest Alpine Glacier Could Disappear By 2100: Study
The mighty Aletsch -- the largest glacier in the Alps -- could completely disappear by the end of this century if nothing is done to rein in climate change, a study showed Thursday.
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Blankets Cover Swiss Glacier In Vain Effort To Halt Icemelt
From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow the melting of the rapidly retreating ice.
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Weather Hampers New Zealand Alpine Crash Recovery as Bodies Identified
Specialist alpine rescuers battled through atrocious weather Sunday to reach a helicopter crash site where seven people, including four English and two Australian tourists, were killed in New Zealand.
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7 Dead as New Zealand Helicopter Crashes Into Glacier
Six tourists and their pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed into a heavily crevassed glacier in New Zealand during bad weather today, police said.
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Climate change melts Alpine glaciers
Global warming is beginning to make its ominous presence felt here at the 23 kilometer long Aletsch Glacier, the longest in the Alps.
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Cricket set for Alpine adventure
Cricket is all set to touch a new high as the Europe's longest glacier in Alps will soon host an exhibition match between India and England.
