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Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps following heatwaves

[ad_1] MORTERATSCH GLACIER, Switzerland — From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never guess he was carrying 10 kg of steel equipment needed to chart the decline of Switzerland’s glaciers. Normally, he heads down this path on the massive Morteratsch Glacier in late …

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AI technology helps give giant pandas individual identities

[ad_1] They’re widely loved for their plumpness and clumsy antics, but giant pandas lack distinguishable facial features, making it difficult for scientists and keepers to tell them apart and thus keep track of them. Now researchers at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China have pioneered new …

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Mideast nations wake up to damage from climate change

[ad_1] CAIRO — Temperatures in the Middle East have risen far faster than the world’s average in the past three decades. Precipitation has been decreasing, and experts predict droughts will come with greater frequency and severity. The Middle East is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the …

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