glaciers
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Greenland’s Most Threatened Glaciers Are in Even More Danger Than We Thought
Someday, I would like to write a happy story about ice. Today is not that day.
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Pink Snow in the Italian Alps Is a Cute Sign of Environmental Catastrophe
I live for all things pink, and there’s something beautiful about pink glacial ice. However, the dusty pink layer atop the Presena Glacier in the Italian Alps is more sinister than it looks. Algae has dyed the snow a bizarre colour. The otherworldly look could end up speeding up the melt of snow and glaciers…
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‘One Of The Toughest Jobs’ On Earth: Studying Melting Ice
Spring is looming in the northern hemisphere. It is habitually a key and busy time for environmental science fieldwork, no more so than for the select community that travel great lengths and endure perilous conditions to study some of the world’s highest glaciers in the mountains of Asia.
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The World’s Oldest Asteroid Strike Might Have Triggered A Global Thaw
The world’s oldest remaining asteroid crater is at a place called Yarrabubba, southeast of the town of Meekatharra in Western Australia.