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glacier-retreat
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Science Newsscience5 hrs ago
Scientists find frozen layer under Peru volcano
Researchers mapped a 15-to-20-meter-thick permafrost layer on Nevado Coropuna. The ice sits two to four meters below the surface at roughly 5,000 meters elevation and may extend across surrounding high terrain.
The Bbcscience46 days agoUpdated
64 Million Cubic Metres of Rock Slide into Alaska’s Tracy Arm Fjord, Generating 481-Metre Wave
A 64-million-cubic-metre rock collapse into Tracy Arm Fjord produced the second-largest megatsunami on record. The 5.26 a.m. wave reached 481 metres and prompted several cruise operators to stop sending vessels into the area. Scientists attribute the event to long-term retreat of…