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Scientists say greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal have already locked in enough global warming to doom many of the world’s glaciers — which already have retreated significantly.For example, glaciers in the Alps have lost 50% of their area since 1950, and the rate at which ice is being lost has been accelerating, with “projections ... that all the glaciers in the Alps could be gone in this century,” Thompson said.
Switzerland, which has the most glaciers of any country in Europe,, the second-biggest decline in a single year after a 6% drop in 2022.A 2023 study found that
more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades, and 175 glaciers disappeared due tobetween 2016 and 2020, mostly due to the increase in the average global temperature.
A massive debris avalanche, with the village of Kippel in the foreground, is seen on Thursday, May 29, 2025, one day after the collapse of the Birch Glacier causing the demolishing of the village of Blatten in Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
A massive debris avalanche, with the village of Kippel in the foreground, is seen on Thursday, May 29, 2025, one day after the collapse of the Birch Glacier causing the demolishing of the village of Blatten in Switzerland. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to end the war until all the hostages are released and Hamas is either destroyed or disarmed and sent into exile. He has said Israel will
and facilitate what he refers to as the voluntary emigration of much of its population.Palestinians and most of the international community have rejected plans to resettle Gaza’s population, a move experts say
Hamas has said it will only release the remaining hostages — its only bargaining chip — in return for, a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal. It has offered to give up power to a committee of politically independent Palestinians that could oversee reconstruction.