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Ruptured Tibetan glaciers triggered massive speedy avalanches

Ruptured Tibetan glaciers triggered massive speedy avalanches

24 January 2018

In 2016, a pair of glaciers suddenly collapsed and sent huge chunks of ice hurtling downhill. The events suggest such disasters are more common than we thought
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No, the worst-case climate change futures haven’t been ruled out

19 January 2018

A single study has been hailed for narrowing the range of possible climate change scenarios, but figuring out how the world will warm is more complicated than headlines suggest

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