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But researchers stress that sharp cuts to carbon emissions can still save much of the world's glacier ice.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

According to the World Weather Attribution group, the massive rock-and-ice collapse was shaped by long-term warming, glacier retreat and geological instability.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

"There is a profound unfairness in this," says Marie Šabacká, a Czech glacier ecologist who travelled to Puncak Jaya last March in a bid to be among the last scientists to study Papua's "eternal snow".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Scientists from the World Weather Attribution group said the disaster was not caused by a single extreme weather event, but a "compound crisis" shaped by long-term warming, glacier retreat, permafrost thaw and geological instability.

From Barron's

The palace was made of the same clean,white, unadorned stone as the Ice Court walls, and the whole place felt as if it had been hollowed out of a glacier.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Switzerland’s glaciers lost more than 5% of their ice in the past year, typically losing between 8 and 13 feet, after a winter of meager snowfall and summer heatwaves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Scientists estimate that Swiss glaciers released 2.2 trillion litres of meltwater between July and September.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The major destruction of hydropower infrastructure underscored the risks of that strategy in a region where glaciers are retreating, permafrost is thawing and extreme hazards are becoming harder to predict.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

She says the tropical glaciers in Papua are unique because they are separated from other glacier systems by thousands of kilometres.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Britain, home of my ancestor Billington, was empty until about 12,500 B.C., because it was still covered by glaciers.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann