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Mount Everest's glaciers shrinking at increasing rate, say researchers	23.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Glaciers on or around Everest have shrunk 13% in 50 years with the snow line 180 metres higher than it was 50 years ago Global warming is melting snow and ice on the world's highest mountain at an accelerating rate, researchers have claimed. A study by a team led by a Nepali scientist at the University of Milan has found that glaciers on or around Mount Everest have shrunk by 13% in the last 50 years with the snow line 180 metres higher than it was 50 years ago. The glaciers are disappearing faster every year , it says. The 60th anniversary of the first ascent of the 8,848 metre (29,028ft) peak by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay will be celebrated next week. The researchers say they suspect that the decline of snow and ice in the Everest region is a result of changes in global climate caused by human-generated greenhouse gases. However, they have not yet established a firm connection, Sudeep Thakuri, who led the team, said. The landscape around Mount Everest has changed ...
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Mount Everest shedding its frozen cloak (Cached)	15.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
Washington, May 15 : Researchers led by an Indian origin have found abundant evidence showing decline of snow and ice in Mount Everest region.
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Seas will rise no more than 69 centimetres by 2100	14.5.2013	New Scientist: Opinion
Seas will rise no more than 69 centimetres by 2100
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Politics and climate change go hand-in-hand	14.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Though Sarah Palin has reversed her policy since she was governor, it is undeniable that Alaska is changing fast Guardian US interactive team Feilding Cage Gabriel Dance Richard Sprenger Suzanne Goldenberg
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'Best estimate' of melting ice caps	14.5.2013	BBC News - Science & Environment
Experts have come up with their most accurate estimate yet for the impact of melting ice sheets and glaciers on sea level.
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By Degrees: What Will a Doubling of Carbon Dioxide Mean for Climate?	13.5.2013	NYT: Home Page
By Degrees: What Will a Doubling of Carbon Dioxide Mean for Climate?
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Op-Ed Contributors: Hands Across the Melting Arctic	13.5.2013	International Herald Tribune: Editorials
Op-Ed Contributors: Hands Across the Melting Arctic
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Dot Earth Blog: Fresh Analysis of the Pace of Warming and Sea-Level Rise	9.5.2013	NY Times: Science
Dot Earth Blog: Fresh Analysis of the Pace of Warming and Sea-Level Rise
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How climate change affects iceberg production by Greenland glaciers (Cached)	9.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
Washington, May 9 : A sophisticated computer model that provides a new insight into the impact of climate change on the production of icebergs by Greenland glaciers has revealed that the shape of the ground beneath the ice has a strong effect on its movement.
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Freak May snowstorm is weather, not climate	2.5.2013	Minnesota Public Radio: Science
Paul Huttner sees clues that "all seem to be pointing in the same direction," but he won't draw conclusions from a single event.
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Movie Blog @ MSPIFF, Day 16: ‘Fall And Winter’	26.4.2013	WCCO: National
Doom-saying documentaries these days focus mainly on the threat of climate change. They’ve got glaciers melting, landscapes dying, sea levels rising, and coastal cities waiting to slide under the sea. Lots of docs in this [...]
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Antarctic glaciers thinning at 'upper bound of normal' in recent decades (Cached)	16.4.2013	New Kerala: Andhra Pradesh
London, April 15 : A new research has shown that glaciers at the edge of the icy continent of Antarctica have been thinning rapidly in the last few decades and it has contributed significantly to sea level rise.
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Antarctic ice melting at record rate, study shows	15.4.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
The evidence comes from a 364-metre ice core containing a record of freezing and melting over the previous millennium Summer ice is melting at a faster rate in the Antarctic peninsula than at any time in the last 1,000 years, new research has shown. The evidence comes from a 364-metre ice core containing a record of freezing and melting over the previous millennium. Layers of ice in the core, drilled from James Ross Island near the northern tip of the peninsula, indicate periods when summer snow on the ice cap thawed and then refroze. By measuring the thickness of these layers, scientists were able to match the history of melting with changes in temperature. Lead researcher Dr Nerilie Abram, from the Australian National University and British Antarctic Survey (BAS), said: "We found that the coolest conditions on the Antarctic peninsula and the lowest amount of summer melt occurred around 600 years ago. "At that time temperatures were around 1.60C lower than those recorded in the ...
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Pakistan to be hardest hit by climate change: Daily (Cached)	9.4.2013	New Kerala: India News
Islamabad, April 9 : Pakistan will be amongst the countries hardest hit by climate change, said a leading daily, warning that a disaster of enormous proportions is silently evolving in the mountains up north.
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How climate change actually may help penguins	6.4.2013	MSNBC
By Douglas MainLiveScienceAntarctic warming has been a boon for one large colony of Adélie penguins, a finding that's surprising scientists.A recent study found that over the last 60 years, a colony of the birds on Beaufort Island in the Ross Sea, south of New Zealand, increased by 84 percent, from 35,000 breeding pairs to 64,000 breeding pairs. This increase has come as glaciers have retreated fr...
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1,600 Years of Ice in Peru’s Andes Melted in 25 Years, Scientists Say	5.4.2013	NY Times: World
Scientists say the rapid melting of the Quelccaya ice cap, the world’s largest tropical ice sheet, is the latest sign of global warming.
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Peru Bores Through Andes to Water Desert After Century of Dreams	4.4.2013	International Herald Tribune: Americas
Peru's Olmos Valley might be a desert now, with rare rains and rivers that trickle to life for just a few months a year, but a radical engineering solution for water scarcity could soon create an agricultural bonanza here.
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Global warming paradox: More sea ice around Antarctica in winter, study says	1.4.2013	MSNBC
OSLO, Norway - Global warming is expanding the extent of sea ice around Antarctica in winter in a paradoxical shift caused by cold plumes of summer melt water that re-freeze fast when temperatures drop, according to a study unveiled Sunday.An increasing summer thaw of ice on the edges of Antarctica, twinned with less than expected snowfall on the frozen continent, is also adding slightly to s...
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A glorious winter, but the Alps face a warmer world – bringing huge change	31.3.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Under Mont Blanc's glittering peak, mountain guides and scientists tell the same story: the Alps are warming, the evidence of climate change is clear and the golden years of ski tourism will soon be past From his office in the alpine ski resort of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, meteorologist Gilles Brunot is looking out at snow-capped peaks washed with spring sunshine, resplendent under a pale blue sky. Much of northern Europe is pining for spring, but nobody here is complaining about the weather. Why would they? First, a surprisingly clement autumn brought the hikers and climbers in droves. Then, seamlessly, winter arrived with early snowfall in November that has been topped up regularly until last week, delighting the skiers. Fabulous for the tourist industry, of course. And as the snow accumulates on the ski slopes, 2013 hardly seems to be adding to the body of evidence of global warming. Deep in the Alps, however, scientists are observing, monitoring and reporting the effects of changing ...
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Produce picked from the tundra: Welcome to climate change in Greenland	27.3.2013	MSNBC
KANGERLUSSUAQ, Greenland — On the Arctic Circle, a chef is growing the kind of vegetables and herbs - potatoes, thyme, tomatoes, green peppers - more fitting for a suburban garden in a temperate zone than a land of Northern Lights, glaciers and musk oxen.Some Inuit hunters are finding reindeer fatter than ever thanks to more grazing on this frozen tundra, and for some, there is no longer a need to...
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