‘The memories preserved in countless books, photo albums, documentation – everything is gone,’ says village’s mayorFor weeks the weight had sat above the village, nine million tonnes of rock precariously resting on an ancient...
Read MoreDecades-long research shows world’s glaciers collectively lost 6.542tn tonnes of ice between 2000 and 2023Melting glaciers have caused almost 2cm of sea level rise this century alone, a decades-long study has revealed.The...
Read MorePrecipitation was so unexpected, scientists had no gauges to measure it, and is stark sign of climate crisisRain has fallen on the summit of Greenland’s huge ice cap for the first time on record. Temperatures are normally...
Read MoreMore than 12,000 deaths have already been attributed to glacial lake outburst floods worldwideAn increasing number of people are being threatened by flooding caused by glacial lakes bursting, scientists have warned.As the planet...
Read MoreExclusive: loss is equivalent to more than 13,200 cubic kilometres of water or 10m Wembley StadiumsA tenth of the world’s mountain glacier ice will have melted by the middle of this century even if humanity meets the goals...
Read MoreClimate-driven loss is likely to be the worst for centuries, and is pushing up sea levels The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute across the year, satellite data...
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