Topic: World Glacier Monitoring Service
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Appearance of explosive WWI relics underscores Alps glaciers' retreat
The Alps' glaciers are in retreat at an alarming rate due to rising temperatures – as indicated by the discovery of rusted explosives left over from a nearly hundred-year-old cache.
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Defying climate change, this Argentine glacier grows
Perito Moreno, a glacier off the Argentine coast, is one of three glaciers in the world that is growing instead of shrinking.
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Glacier melting a key clue to tracking climate change
Glaciers now occupy the center stage in the debate over causes and impacts of climate change.
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Shrinking Arctic Ocean sea ice signals climate change
Global warming may have accelerated the irreversible loss of ice shelves that are thousands of years old, say scientists.
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