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Argentina witnessed the largest ice erosion ever seen
On the morning of March 4, the collapse of the ice dam on the Perit Moreno glacier in Argentina created a majestic scene never seen since July 2008.
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The strange effects of Japanese earthquakes
Japan's terrifying earthquake, followed by a tsunami on March 11, 2011 caused effects on both the globe, from the surface to the atmosphere, changing the gravitational p…
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Global sea level is increasing
This data was provided by a team of University of Colorado experts at Boulder (UCB) and a spacecraft of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA). Accordingly, the global sea level…
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Solar explosion in India
Since two years ago, Indian policymakers announced an ambitious plan that by 2020, the country will increase its solar supply capacity from zero to 20,000 MW.
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Himalayan glaciers threaten millions of people
Millions of people threatened by fast-melting Himalayan glaciers are warnings by scientists at the UN Climate Change Conference that is taking place in Durban, South Afr…
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The world is about to have a new volcanic disaster
Scientists say they recorded more than 500 tremors in and around Katla Crater last month and it is likely that an eruption is imminent.
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Discovered a huge crack in the Antarctic glacier
A large fissure with a length of nearly 30 km was discovered on a glacier in Antarctica and this is a sign that a giant iceberg larger than New York City is about to for…
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The giant ice sheet separated from Greenland
A large block of ice equivalent to four times the size of New York's Manhattan district has separated from a Greenland glacier and melted, shocking regional research sci…
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Antarctic glaciers are melting at a rapid rate
News from the Japan Aviation Exploration Agency and the US space exploration agency said scientists from the two countries have discovered Antarctic glaciers are melting…
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NASA completed the first glacial map of Antarctica
The first complete map of the speed and direction of the Antarctic glaciers has been completed by scientists under the auspices of NASA, the US National Air and Space Ad…
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Alaska iceberg
A giant iceberg in Alaska, USA, suddenly melted and collapsed causing panic for passengers on a nearby cruise ship.
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See avalanche in mid-summer
An avalanche in the summer that took place on June 25, 2011 at Mount Rainier in Washington State, USA was posted on YouTube, attracting more than 38,000 viewers for its…
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Europe's largest black ash volcanic ash
Vatnajokull, Europe's largest glacier and one of the most beautiful glaciers in the world, has been tinged with a black color due to Grimsvotn volcanic ash in Iceland.
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Glaciers in Peru melt because of climate change
Peruvian officials on February 23 said the Huaytapallana mountain glacier in the country had melted and halved (5km2) in just 23 years.
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New-Zealand earthquake: collapsing giant glaciers
The earthquake struck Christchurch - New Zealand's second largest city seemed to have brought