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The world’s melting glaciers are yielding up their secrets too quickly
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<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 ...
Beware of rockfalls in warm weather
Science News   28 March 2016   USA   Yosemite, California  
ROLLING STONES A crack in a Yosemite National Park cliff grows and shrinks as temperatures rise and fall, new research shows. Cracked cliffs can cause colossal rockfalls in the park, such as this one from October 2010.
<p>As the weather warms, watch for falling rocks. While monitoring a cracked cliff in Yosemite National Park, researchers watched the fissure widen as temperatures rose. The risk of rockfalls could increase as climate change cranks the thermostat, one scientist ...