Astonished to see Norway’s glacier disappear from the same angle
Photographer Christian Åslund was shocked by the stark contrast between what he saw in 2002 and the scene he faced this summer.Standing under the blazing sun in the Arctic region, ...
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China discovers the thickest glacier in the Tibetan Plateau
Scientists have recently discovered the thickest glacier on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (also known as the Tibetan Plateau), which is recognized as Asia's water tower.Purog Kangri Glacier. (Source: Reuters).According to researchers ...
Tourists flock to see the “extinct” glacier
The number of glaciers on Earth is steadily declining, which has increased travelers' desire to witness these vanishing ice rivers.The mesmerizing transformation of natural color patches at Perito Moreno Glacier ...
The glaciers on Earth are approaching a dangerous threshold
If the ice is melting quickly in Alaska, a similar phenomenon may be occurring in many other regions, demonstrating that glaciers on Earth are approaching a dangerous threshold.A new study ...
Strange Desert Region between the Ice Mountains in Russia
Zabaykalsky Krai, also known as Transbaikal, is a unique desert region. The Chara Desert is surrounded by mountains and snow-covered fields to the east of Lake Baikal.The Chara Desert in ...
Venezuela Becomes the First Country to Lose All Its Glaciers
Venezuela once had 6 glaciers covering 1,000 km2 in 1910, but they quickly diminished into small ice fields that no longer qualify as glaciers.The disappearance of the last glacier, Humboldt, ...
Peru Faces the Risk of Glacier Lake Flooding
In 1941, thousands of people lost their lives in Huaraz, Peru, when a natural dam at a lake above the city collapsed. Today, melting glaciers are increasing the risk of ...
Glaciers in New Zealand Continually Shrink, at Risk of Vanishing
The team leader of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has stated that glaciers are melting faster in recent years, causing New Zealand to face a continuous ...
Idea to create a 100km long barrier to prevent glacier melting
Researchers are exploring every possible way to prevent warm ocean currents from approaching and causing glaciers to collapse at an increasingly rapid rate.If the Thwaites Glacier, also known as the ...
What Humanity May Face If All the Glaciers on Earth Melt
A recent study conducted through the collaboration of international scientists has revealed an unprecedented finding - if all the glaciers on Earth were to melt, humanity would face enormous and ...
