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GLACIER NEWS
Mud and rock bury Swiss village after glacier collapse, one person missing
May 29, 2025 1:54 am
Drone footage broadcast by Swiss national broadcaster SRF showed a vast plain of mud and soil completely covering part of the village of Blatten, the river running through it and the wooded sides of the surrounding valley.
Training day for climbers turns into horror as massive glacier breaks apart in Peru: ‘Felt the real fear’
April 19, 2025 1:58 pm
The glacier on Peru’s Vallunaraju mountain split into three huge chunks before sinking into the icy waters at an altitude of 17,000 feet.
Two men drown in Glacier National Park, including an Indian tourist
July 09, 2024 12:50 am
High water levels due to snowmelt runoff and poor visibility have forced officials to scale back the search, and rangers continue to monitor the area.
China sends second consignment of glacial water from Tibet to Maldives
May 25, 2024 2:04 am
Earlier on March 27, the Maldives government had announced that it had received a similar consignment of 1,500 tonnes of water from China.
Going glacier gone: How Venezuela lost its last glacier, why this matters
May 20, 2024 11:24 am
Venezuela has likely become the first country — it certainly won’t be the last — in modern history to lose all its glaciers. Scientists expected the Humboldt glacier to last another decade. However, it melted at a faster rate than expected.
Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn't controlled, study finds
June 21, 2023 7:04 pm
Ice and snow in the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges is an important source of water for those rivers, which flow through 16 countries in Asia and provide fresh water to 240 million people in the mountains and another 1.65 billion downstream.
Hopes fading for missing climbers after Italian glacier collapse
July 05, 2022 2:59 pm
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said the disaster was linked to environmental factors.
Alien world under Austria's doomed glaciers tells tale of their collapse
October 20, 2021 12:17 pm
It is already too late to save the glaciers of the eastern Alps, which scientists now say are past the point of no return and will be gone completely in the next few decades.
Climate report: Africa's rare glaciers soon to disappear
October 19, 2021 10:12 pm
The new report seizes on the shrinking glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda as symbols of the rapid and widespread changes to come.
Scientists scramble to harvest ice cores as glaciers melt
September 14, 2021 4:03 pm
A study published in April found glaciers lost 227 gigatons of ice annually from 2000 to 2004, but that increased to an average of 298 gigatons a year after 2015.
GLACIER VIDEOS
Kerala: Last rites of Lance Naik Sudeesh B performed
February 16, 2016 10:39 am
Kollam, Feb 16 (ANI): The last rites of Lance Naik Sudeesh B, who was buried under the February 3 Siachen avalanche, were held at his native town Kollam in Kerala on Tuesday. The bodies of nine soldiers of Madras regiment, who were buried alive under the glacier, were flown to the national capital on Monday.
Wreath laying ceremony of Siachen bravehearts in Delhi
February 15, 2016 7:15 am
New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): The wreath laying ceremony of the nine soldiers, who lost their lives in the Siachen Glacier avalanche on February 3, was held in the national capital on Monday. The mortal remains of the martyrs arrived in New Delhi on Monday as they were held up in Siachen for 12 days accounting to the poor weather conditions.
Lance Naik’s family excited to see him
February 09, 2016 8:21 am
Dharwad, Feb 09 (ANI): The family members of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa, who was on Monday miraculously found alive after an avalanche in the Siachen glacier, said they were very glad and waiting anxiously to see him. Lance Naik’s father said they are very happy and waiting to see him. His nephew, who had lost all hopes, said it was blessings of the entire villagers that Naik fought with the extremely difficult conditions and was found alive. Hanamanthappa, who is on ventilator, arrived at the Palam airbase from where he was shifted to the Army Research and Referral Hospital.
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