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Alaskas latest climate worries: Massive wildfires and gushing glaciers
2013-07-23 23:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. Alaska, by the looks of it, is on track for a double apocalypse. The home of Sarah global warming my gluteus maximus Palin faces a daunting confluence of climate-related challenges, from rising seas to gushing glaciers to massive wildfires. Even Mayor Stubbs (who wed expect to be cool about this kind of thing) wont answer questions about the states fate. Raging blazes in Arizona and Colorado have dominated wildfire news in recent years,...
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Alaska Looks for Answers in Glaciers Summer Flood Surges
2013-07-23 02:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The idea that glaciers change at a glacial speed is increasingly false. They are melting and retreating rapidly all over the world. But the unpredictable flood surges at the Mendenhall Glacier, about 14 miles from downtown Juneau, Alaska's capital, are turning a jog into a sprint as global temperatures and climate variability increase. Starting in July 2011, and each year since, sudden torrents of water shooting out from beneath the glacier have become a new facet of Juneau's brief, shimmering...
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The Week in Pictures: Megapixels and melting glaciers
2013-07-13 23:25:20| CNET News.com
Nokia Lumia 1020 sets smartphone cameras free, a human-powered helicoptor flies, and a new look at melting glaciers. [Read more]
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As Glaciers Melt, Alpine Mountains Lose Their Glue, Threatening Swiss Village
2013-05-30 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Marco Bomio recalls that bright Sunday morning in June 2006 as if it were yesterday. Mr. Bomio, 59, a school principal and mountain guide, attended a religious service on a high mountain meadow to mark the founding of a local guide group. Suddenly we saw this immense cloud, he said over coffee in a wood chalet typical of this Alpine village. Normally, it might have been snow. But in June? Then we saw that it wasnt snow, he went on. It was rock dust: part of the mountain had come down....
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Mount Everest region glaciers retreating as climate warms
2013-05-30 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: he worlds tallest mountain -- first conquered by man 60 years ago today -- cannot escape climate change. A recent study led by a graduate student at the University of Milan in Italy reveals declining snow amounts and retreating glaciers in the Mount Everest region, reaffirming fears that many scientists hold -- increasing global temperatures could cause irreversible damage. The research presented at an American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in Mexico earlier this month, shows that the...
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