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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>
Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Eastern European rivers flood after ‘extraordinary’ weather
Euronews   23 January 2023   Eastern Europe  
A building is surrounded by floodwater following heavy rains in Josvafo, Hungary, 20 January.MARTON MONUS/REUTERS
<p>Unseasonably hot weather in Eastern Europe is taking its toll on the region's rivers.<br />Temperatures over 20C are &ldquo;simply extraordinary&rdquo; in mid-January, according to meteorologists. But for the last several days, countries including Ukraine, ...
Scientist: Climate Change Will Impact Mountains on a Global Scale
Sci Tech Daily   15 December 2022   World  
Credit: Wits University
<p>According to research, climate change will have a severe effect on mountain landscapes and human activities, increasing the likelihood of avalanches, river floods, landslides, debris flows, and lake outburst floods.<br />Mountain landscapes all over the ...
Climate change: Melting glaciers could release tonnes of bacteria
BBC NEWS   17 November 2022   World  
Scientists are concerned thousands of tonnes of harmful bacteria could be released into rivers and lakes
<p>Vast amounts of bacteria could be released as the world's glaciers melt due to climate change, scientists have warned.<br />Potentially harmful pathogens are among the thousands of microbes that could leak into rivers and lakes.<br />Researchers at Aberystwyth ...
The world’s melting glaciers are yielding up their secrets too quickly
Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
<p>FORCLE GLACIER, Switzerland — At around 8,000 feet above sea level, Switzerland’s Forcle Glacier has for thousands of years been deeply ensconced in a frigid mountain valley overlooked by some of Europe’s highest peaks.<br>Are you on Telegram? Subscribe ...
Kentucky flooding death toll rises to 30 as governor says hundreds remain unaccounted for
CNN   01 August 2022   USA   Kentucky  
Debris surrounds a badly damaged home near Jackson, Kentucky, on July 31, 2022.
<p>Rescue workers searching for hundreds of missing people in flood-stricken Kentucky have been hampered by the devastation left behind -- unable to access areas left isolated after floodwater washed away bridges and inundated communities, with even more rainfall ...
Europe has descended into the age of fire
ArsTechnica   21 July 2022   Europe  
Enlarge / A firefighter stands by flames as a wildfire rages in the Monts d'Arree, near Brasparts, Brittany, on July 19, 2022.
<p>Europe is on fire: For days, temperatures have skyrocketed above 100&deg; Fahrenheit (38&deg; Celsius), shattering records and triggering huge wildfires that have forced tens of thousands from their homes. From Portugal to Spain to Greece, the flames have ...
The Earth Has a Pulse: 27.5-Million-Year Cycle of Geological Activity Discovered
Sci Tech Daily   21 June 2021   World  
<p>Geologic activity on Earth appears to follow a 27.5-million-year cycle, giving the planet a &ldquo;pulse,&rdquo; according to a new study published in the journal Geoscience Frontiers.<br />&ldquo;Many geologists believe that geological events are random ...
Move to net zero 'inevitably means more mining'
BBC NEWS   24 May 2021   World  
A key source of lithium are salts from South America's Atacama desert
<p>The public will need to accept greater mining activity if the world is to meet the challenge of going green.<br />Resource experts say the current supply of various metals and minerals cannot support a global economy producing net zero carbon emissions.<br ...
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Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity’s Oldest Art
WIRED   24 May 2021   Indonesia   Sulawesi island  
Photograph: Putu Artana/Alamy
<p>The limestone caves and rock shelters of Indonesia's southern Sulawesi island hold the oldest traces of human art and storytelling, dating back more than 40,000 years. Paintings adorn the walls of at least 300 sites in the karst hills of Maros-Pangkep, ...