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"'A dangerous trend': Olympic skiers voice concern over receding glaciers"
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Olympic skiers say receding glaciers are 'hard to ignore'
Olympic host country Italy has lost more than 200 square kilometres of glacier area since the late 1950s.

"What can—and cannot—be done to save the world’s glaciers"
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What can—and cannot—be done to save the world’s glaciers
Glaciers are often treated as scenic features or scientific curiosities. In fact, they are critical infrastructure. Though they cover roughly a tenth of the Earth’s land surface, meltwater from glaciers and seasonal snowpacks supports drinking water, agriculture, industry, and energy production for close to half the global population. That support system is now shrinking, fast. […]

"'Dramatic development': Austria warns all but 2 of its 96 glaciers have retreated over last 2 years"
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Climate change is killing off Austria's glaciers. What's at risk?
Soaring temperatures are fuelling the demise of Austria's glaciers, with 'vast implications' for drinking water, power generation, infrastructure and more.

"Climate change is melting glaciers and ice sheets faster than they can regrow"
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Climate change is melting glaciers and ice sheets faster than they can regrow
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"‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than we thought. Can a 150-metre wall stop it flooding Earth?"
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Why scientists want to build a wall along the ‘Doomsday Glacier’
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ already contributes four per cent of annual sea level rise, but can the consequences of climate change be barricaded off?