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Swiss Glaciers Face "Enormous" Melting, Shrank By A Quarter In Past Decade
Switzerland's glaciers have faced "enormous" melting this year, with a 3% drop in total volume the fourth-largest annual drop on record due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported on Wednesday.
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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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"I Lost Everything": Swiss Residents After Glacier Debris Buries Village
Residents struggled on Thursday to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge slab of glacier that buried most of their picturesque Swiss village, in what scientists suspect is a dramatic example of climate change's impact on the Alps.
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Melting Swiss Glacier Reveals Body Of Climber Who Went Missing 37 Years Ago
A melting glacier in the Swiss Alps has revealed the body of a mountain climber who went missing 37 years ago.
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Swiss Glaciers Shrunk 10% In 5 Years, Melt Rate At "Record Levels": Study
Switzerland's glaciers have lost a tenth of their volume in the past five years alone -- a melting rate unmatched during observations stretching back more than a century, a study showed Tuesday.
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Swiss Glacier Yields Bodies Of Couple Missing For 75 Years
The frozen bodies of a Swiss couple who went missing 75 years ago in the Alps have been found on a shrinking glacier, Swiss media said today.
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Swiss Glaciers Face "Enormous" Melting, Shrank By A Quarter In Past Decade
Switzerland's glaciers have faced "enormous" melting this year, with a 3% drop in total volume the fourth-largest annual drop on record due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported on Wednesday.
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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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"I Lost Everything": Swiss Residents After Glacier Debris Buries Village
Residents struggled on Thursday to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge slab of glacier that buried most of their picturesque Swiss village, in what scientists suspect is a dramatic example of climate change's impact on the Alps.
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Melting Swiss Glacier Reveals Body Of Climber Who Went Missing 37 Years Ago
A melting glacier in the Swiss Alps has revealed the body of a mountain climber who went missing 37 years ago.
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Swiss Glaciers Shrunk 10% In 5 Years, Melt Rate At "Record Levels": Study
Switzerland's glaciers have lost a tenth of their volume in the past five years alone -- a melting rate unmatched during observations stretching back more than a century, a study showed Tuesday.
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Swiss Glacier Yields Bodies Of Couple Missing For 75 Years
The frozen bodies of a Swiss couple who went missing 75 years ago in the Alps have been found on a shrinking glacier, Swiss media said today.
