As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for millions
In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are melting as global temperatures rise. Europe's Alps and Pyrenees lost 40% of ...
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World's glaciers are losing record ice as global temperatures climb, U.N. says
flash floods and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). One Peruvian farmer living downstream of a retreating glacier has taken the issue to court, suing German energy giant RWE for a portion of ...
India Today3d
Rising global temperatures is causing glaciers to lose ice at record rate: Unesco
A UNESCO report reveals that glaciers worldwide are melting at an unprecedented rate, losing 9,000 gigatons of ice since 1975 ...
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Glaciers losing record amounts of ice as global temperatures rise, warns UN
The report coincides with a UNESCO summit in Paris marking the first World Day for Glaciers, urging global action to protect glaciers around the world ...
The Week12d
Parliamentary committee urges Centre to take proactive measures to mitigate natural calamities
Committee finds risk prevention measures alone insufficient to mitigate the challenges posed by such natural calamities. Most ...
The Conversation4d
As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for millions
Iceland and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another. Juneau, Alaska, has been hit by several flash floods in recent years from a glacial lake dammed by ice on ...
Times Union4d
As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for millions − World Day for Glaciers carries a reminder
Iceland and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another. Juneau, Alaska, has been hit by several flash floods in recent years from a glacial lake dammed by ice on ...