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How climate change is reshaping the Alps
BBC NEWS   23 March 2023   Austria   Alps  
Credit: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images
<p>As the frozen "glue" that helps hold the rock faces of the Alps together begins to thaw, mountaineers face a growing risk of sudden rockfall.</p>
One quarter of Alaska permafrost could melt by 2100 – US Geological Survey
The Guardian   09 December 2015   USA   Alaska  
A house has collapsed into the ground as the permafrost melts beneath it, near Portage Glacier, Alaska
<p>Study raises concerns over accelerating climate change as the icy mass under state&rsquo;s surface releases carbon into atmosphere<br />Up to a quarter of the permafrost that lies underneath the surface of Alaska could melt by the end of the century, spewing ...