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Water resources under threat in the Himalayas
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zopemaster
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Aug 28, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology,
households,
water consumption, water supply
Climate change is threatening the water reserves of East Asia. An estimated 50 percent of the water from the Himalayas comes from glaciers, permafrost zones and the snowmelt.
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Rhône Glacier to melt away by 2100
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zopemaster
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published
Nov 06, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology,
research, science
Scientists at the Écoles Polytechniques Fédérales de Lausanne/CH and Zurich/CH have used complex computer simulations to predict that the Rhône Glacier in the Canton of Valais/CH will have disappeared by 2100.
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New hypothesis on deep erosion in high mountain regions
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zopemaster
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published
Nov 06, 2008
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
erosion,
soil immissions and hazards,
glaciers,
geomorphology,
climate change, climate policy
Researchers in the south-east of the Tibetan plateau have found that the moraine dams created during glacier fluctuations have over the millennia helped to slow down the erosion effect of large rivers known as downcutting.
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Even high-elevation Himalayan glaciers are melting
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zopemaster
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published
Jan 15, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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filed under:
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology
Glacier studies by an international team led by Natalie Kehrwald of Ohio State University show that even high-elevation glaciers are suffering from the effect of climate change.
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Alpine glaciers melting the fastest
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zopemaster
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published
Feb 12, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:19 AM
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filed under:
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology
Data from the World Glacier Monitoring Service for 2007 once again underscores what everyone has feared: the world's glaciers are continuing to melt at an alarming rate.
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International Competition for Mountain Photography and Film
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by
zopemaster
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published
Jul 30, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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filed under:
mountains,
geomorphology,
media,
society, culture,
cinema,
society, culture
Photographs and films on the subject of Mountain, Landscape and Nature, from the mountains of Lombardy to the world's highest peaks may now be submitted as entries for the "Orobie Film Festival" International Film and Photography Competition.
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Melting glaciers on your local mountain - what now?
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zopemaster
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published
Aug 03, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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filed under:
glaciers,
geomorphology,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
tourism
On 24th and 25th September 2009 cc.alps is organising an international conference on the impact of melting glaciers on communities in collaboration with CIPRA Switzerland and the Swiss Foundation for Landscape Preservation in Crans Montana/CH.
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Mountain hike for climate protection
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zopemaster
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Aug 27, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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filed under:
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
alpinism,
sport,
glaciers,
geomorphology
On 15 August 2009, some seventy hikers went up to the Goldbergkees glacier on the Hoher Sonnblick in Salzburg/A to draw attention to the impacts of global climate change.
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New publication: Mountain Biodiversity and Climate Change
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zopemaster
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published
Aug 27, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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filed under:
biodiversity,
mountains,
geomorphology,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
On the basis of papers presented at the International Mountain Biodiversity Conference held in Kathmandu/NP in November 2008, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has published a brochure on biodiversity in mountain landscapes and climate change.
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Oh...!
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by
zopemaster
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published
Aug 23, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
alpinism,
sport,
glaciers,
geomorphology
… The Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) is this year celebrating its 150th anniversary and has got Mother Nature to build it a table of snow and ice at an altitude of 2,700 metres.
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