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Receding Glacier Reveals Long-Dead Man and His Pack

Receding Glacier Relinquishes
a 2-Decade-Old Body, With ID

Receding Glacier Relinquishes a 2-Decade-Old Body, With ID

Body of man thought to have died in 2001 found alongside bag carrying ID

(Newser) - The body of a man thought to have died more than two decades ago has been found amidst a melting glacier in the Austrian Alps. A mountain guide discovered the remains Friday on Schlatenkees glacier in Tyrol province at an altitude of about 9,500 feet. Lienz Alpine Police later...

Alaskan Glacier Loved by Tourists Now Threatens

In Alaska, a Big Tourist Draw
Is Turning Into a Threat

the rundown

Aug 7, 2023 9:40 AM CDT

In Alaska, a Big Tourist Draw Is Turning Into a Threat

Record flooding related to Mendenhall Glacier hits capital city of Juneau

(Newser) - Three words no Alaskan wants to hear strung together: "record glacier flooding." But that's the current reality for residents of the capital city of Juneau, thanks to a famous glacier that sits above the city, reports Axios . The Washington Post frames the big picture after the weekend...

Most of World's Glaciers Might
Not Make It Much Longer

NEW STUDY

Jan 7, 2023 5:30 AM CST

Most of World's Glaciers Might Not Make It Much Longer

Scientists say if current climate-change trends hold, two-thirds of them could melt by end of century

(Newser) - The world's glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them projected to melt out of existence by the end of the century if current climate change trends hold, according to a new study. But if the world can limit future warming to just a...

Study: Heat Wave Intensified Record Melting in Swiss Alps

Swiss Alps Are Melting
Faster Than Ever: Study

Sep 28, 2022 7:25 PM CDT

Swiss Alps Are Melting Faster Than Ever: Study

Ice volume has decreased 6% in 2022, experts say

(Newser) - Switzerland's glaciers are melting like never before, an academic study released Wednesday found, with their ice volume declining by 6% this year, which included a summer heat wave that swept across Europe. The Swiss Academy of Sciences reported that the shrinkage of ice in the country's glaciers topped...

Growing Threat to Sea Levels:
'Zombie Ice'

new study

Aug 29, 2022 11:12 AM CDT

Growing Threat to Sea Levels: 'Zombie Ice'

Melting Greenland ice sheet expected to lose 3% of its mass, no matter what

(Newser) - "Zombie ice" from the massive Greenland ice sheet will eventually raise the global sea level by at least 10 inches on its own, according to a study released Monday. Zombie (aka doomed) ice is ice that's still attached to thicker areas of ice but is no longer getting...

Everest Ice: 2K Years
to Form, 25 to Melt

NEW STUDY

Feb 4, 2022 10:52 AM CST

Everest Ice: 2K Years to Form, 25 to Melt

Study documents rapid retreat of glacier

(Newser) - The ice atop Mount Everest took roughly 2,000 years to form and about 25 years to melt, according to a new study, which suggests that even one of the highest glaciers on the planet is retreating as a result of climate change. Researchers traveled to the highest glacier on...

World's Glaciers Are Melting Faster Than Ever

Mountain Glaciers Are
Melting at an Alarming Rate

NEW STUDY

Apr 28, 2021 3:20 PM CDT

Mountain Glaciers Are Melting at an Alarming Rate

They're losing 328B tons of ice and snow a year

(Newser) - Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world’s mountain glaciers. Scientists blame human-caused climate change. Using 20 years of recently declassified satellite data, scientists calculated that the world’s 220,...

Plaque Honors Melted Glacier

Aug 18, 2019 9:52 AM CDT

Plaque Honors Melted Glacier

Ceremony in Iceland to include a warning about climate change

(Newser) - With a bronze plaque, a ceremony, and a warning that more will follow, Iceland on Sunday is marking the loss of its first glacier to climate change. Researchers from Iceland and the US, as well as the nation's prime minister and Mary Robinson, former UN Human Rights Commissioner and...

Greenland: Melting Glaciers
Open Up Vast Sand Deposits

Greenland: Melting Glaciers Open Up Vast Sand Deposits

Mining sand could deliver huge economic boost

(Newser) - In a strangely positive twist to climate change, a new study finds that Greenland could become a major exporter of sand as its glaciers disappear into the sea. As global temperatures rise, the island's vast ice sheet is rapidly melting away, and large amounts of sediments are being washed...