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4 Places to Visit Before They Are Gone — Forever

There are many things we take for granted until we no longer have them. Here are four places to visit that might not exist in the near future. Visiting these places before they are lost might not be a bad idea. 4 places to visit before they disappear 1. Venice, Italy The haven of lovebirds and ...

Hermann Rohr

A magnetic compass standing upright on a map of the world.

Why Did Glacial Cycles Intensify a Million Years Ago?

Something big happened to the planet about a million years ago. There was a major shift in the response of Earth’s climate system to variations in our orbit around the Sun. The shift is called the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. Before the MPT, cycles between glacial (colder) and interglacial (warmer) periods happened every 41,000 years. After the MPT, ...

Troy Oakes

Glaciers at the water's edge.

Researchers Find Greenland Glacial Meltwaters Rich in Mercury

New research shows that concentrations of the toxic element mercury in rivers and fjords connected to the Greenland Ice Sheet are comparable to rivers in industrial China, an unexpected finding that is raising questions about the effects of glacial melting in an area that is a major exporter of seafood. Jon Hawkings, a postdoctoral researcher ...

Troy Oakes

Broken up icebergs.

Melting Glaciers Contribute to Alaskan Earthquakes

In 1958, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake triggered a rockslide into Southeast Alaska’s Lituya Bay, creating a tsunami that ran 1,700 feet up a mountainside before racing out to sea. Researchers now think the region’s widespread loss of glacier ice helped set the stage for the quake as well as other Alaskan earthquakes. In a recently published ...

Troy Oakes

The Yakutat Glacier.

Glaciers of the World: Los Glaciares National Park

Los Glaciares National Park is situated in the Argentinian part of Patagonia and is spread over an area of 1,794 acres. The park gets its name from the fact that almost half of the area is covered by glaciers. It is the largest national park in Argentina and was classified as a UNESCO World Heritage ...

Raven Montmorency

Los Glaciares National Park.