Melting Glaciers

The retreat of glaciers since 1850 affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier-melt, and, in the longer term, the level of the oceans.

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See the magnificent but melting glaciers of the Rwenzori mountains

What Lies Beneath Melting Glaciers and Thawing Permafrost? Precious Metals, Fossil Fuels, and Deadly Microbes

The Looming Crisis of Melting Glaciers: What It Means for Our World

15 million people live in possible flood path for melting glaciers

Rapidly Melting Glaciers Are Releasing a Staggering Payload of Unknown Bacteria

‘Vast’ mass of microbes being released by melting glaciers

Greenland’s Melting Glaciers Spew a Complicated Treasure: Sand

Melting Glaciers Could Release Deadly Microbes, Scientists Suggest

Melting glaciers reveal 1,700-year-old weapons used by reindeer hunters

Melting glaciers reveal 1,700-year-old weapons used by reindeer hunters

Melting Glaciers Could Produce 1,000s of Miles of New Pacific Salmon Habitat

Melting glaciers may produce thousands of kilometers of new Pacific salmon habitat

Melting Glaciers May Produce Thousands of Miles of New Pacific Salmon Habitat

Melting glaciers may produce thousands of kilometers of new salmon habitat

Climate Change Reveals Military History: Melting Glaciers Recently Exposed Artifacts of War in the Alps

Earth Processes, Climate Change Reveal Military History - Melting glaciers recently exposed artifacts of war in the Alps

‘Ice Rivers’ invites you to get to know our world’s melting glaciers

Inside the race to rescue clues to Earth’s past from melting glaciers

Greenland's Melting Glaciers Are Polluting Coasts With Shocking Amounts of Mercury

Melting Glaciers Have Exposed Frozen Relics of World War I

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