CNN — The climate crisis is touching nearly every region of the world. But perhaps one of the most visible indicators of its impact is its effect on Earth’s iconic glaciers, a major source of freshwater supply. Glaciers have been melting at a breakneck pace in recent decades, leading to around 20% of global sea … Read more
Africa’s last remaining glaciers, including on Mount Kilimanjaro, are expected to melt by 2050. The mountain is seen here in 2009. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Africa’s last remaining glaciers, including on Mount Kilimanjaro, are expected to melt by 2050. The mountain is seen here in … Read more
Some of the world’s most famous glaciers, including in the Dolomites in Italy, the Yosemite and Yellowstone parks in the United States and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania will disappear by 2050 due to global warming, whatever the temperature rise scenario, according to a UNESCO report. The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO monitors some 18,600 glaciers … Read more
The white-and-green Guidance Patrol vans, used by Iran’s morality police to monitor and arrest women who defy the Islamic dress code, have in recent days disappeared from the streets of Tehran. For the past decade a symbol of the Islamic republic’s crackdown on women, the vans are not even visible outside the morality police centre … Read more
An image released by the NASA Earth Observatory shows the volcanic eruption on Home Reef. Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory hide caption toggle caption Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory An image released by the NASA Earth Observatory shows the volcanic eruption on Home Reef. Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory There’s a new island in the South Pacific. Earlier … Read more