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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Like walking through time': as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake

Alpine glaciers such as Fiesch and Aletsch are rapidly retreating, causing profound cultural, societal, and ecological losses while sustaining surprising glacial biodiversity.
fromMail Online
3 days ago

Incredible satellite images reveal new island formed in Alaska

But in Alaska, a new island has popped up in just four decades. The two-square-mile (five sq km) landmass, known as Prow Knob, was once entirely surrounded by the deep ice of the Alsek Glacier. But NASA has revealed that the small mountain has now been entirely surrounded by water, cutting it off from the mainland. An image taken by the Landsat 8 satellite in August shows that the mountain has now lost all contact with the Alsek Glacier.
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