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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/03/wshds1nuvkxmdrk61zpc.jpg?quality=751280720As the globe warms, we are apparently close to reaching that sweet spot between all the ice melting and the world ending. Scientists in France and Italy have started the Protecting Ice Memory project to preserve the valuable information stored in the slowly-disappearing mountain glaciers.