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Climate change turns Alpine glaciers into ‘Swiss cheese’, raising water and power concerns
Glacier shrinkage has wide impacts on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels, and border tensions when it comes to ...
Gone with the glaciers: Researchers track unprecedented ice loss
A study published in Geophysical Research Letters reveals that glaciers in western Canada, the United States, and Switzerland ...
Switzerland’s famous glaciers are starting to look like Swiss cheese
Switzerland’s famed glaciers are increasingly resembling Swiss cheese, riddled with holes, as climate change visibly impacts these vital natural formations. Matthias Huss of the glacier monitoring ...
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See photos of a Swiss glacier melting in the heat of climate change
That's the sound of water seeping from a sunbaked and slushy Swiss glacier that geoscientists are monitoring for signs of ...
With extreme heat ahead, U.S. readiness appears to be on ice
Federal efforts to help people cope with extreme heat appear to be melting away even as the nation prepares for another ...
Switzerland's ebbing glaciers show a new, strange phenomenon: Holes reminiscent of Swiss cheese
One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers: Holes ...
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Researchers make stunning discoveries during 70-day expedition in Antarctica: 'Crossing the Atlantic'
A team of 57 researchers set out on a 70-day Antarctic voyage to observe the effects of our steadily warming planet.
Photos show Swiss glaciers’ uncertain future as ‘ambassadors of climate change’
Drip, drip. Trickle, trickle. That's the sound of water seeping from a sunbaked and slushy Swiss glacier that geoscientists ...
Breaking the ice on Arctic oil spill research
This past winter, researchers from the Center for Earth Observation Science (CEOS) at the University of Manitoba (UM) ...