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A shoulder of Alexandra Peak, the second heighest peak in the Rwenzori range, as seen from Margherita Peak. In the valley between the two peaks lies Stanley Glacier. The glacier was once so high that guides could lead clients across it on a gentle walk between the peaks. Today the face of the mountain is exposed as the glacier dies.

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See the magnificent but melting glaciers of the Rwenzori mountains

Spanning Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the glaciers of this little-studied mountain range may vanish this decade. These stunning photographs capture them before they disappear

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The Imja glacial lake in Nepal

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15 million people live in possible flood path for melting glaciers

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Water flowing into a moulin and down to the bed of Store Glacier

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Base of the Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than we thought

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Cold blob in Atlantic may be slowing ice loss from Iceland’s glaciers

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Glacier in the Fitz Roy Mountain Range, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina.

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Thin glaciers suggest Andes faces 'peak water' sooner than thought

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Bloomstrandbreen 1936 (top) and 2009

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Svalbard glacier ice loss projected to roughly double by 2100

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Ice memory: What ice cores tell us about Earth’s environmental history

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Ice memory: What ice cores tell us about Earth’s environmental history

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Did you know? Fewer than 100 people have a photographic memory

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I lived under a glacier for two weeks looking for life

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I lived under a glacier for two weeks looking for life

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Hitting Paris climate goal could cut sea level rise in half by 2100

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Hitting Paris climate goal could cut sea level rise in half by 2100

The amount of sea level rise coastal cities are facing in the coming century from melting ice could be roughly halved if the world meets the Paris Agreement’s toughest goal of holding global warming to 1.5°C

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Eastern Alps may have been ice-free in the time of Ötzi the Iceman

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The curious case of the “glacier mice” that seem to dance on ice

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2020 in review: Extreme weather seen around the world as climate warms

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People have built a glacier in the desert using a huge tower of ice

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