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Midland filmmaker's glacier documentary enters Academy Film Archive immediately

The worlds of international diplomacy, environmental urgency, and high-art preservation converged this week, spotlighting Midland native and filmmaker Mark H. Starks as his environmental documentary, ...
Dawn

Documentary on melting glaciers highlights shared climate risks for Pakistan, Switzerland

ISLAMABAD: Guests gathered at the Swiss ambassador’s residence for the premiere of a 30-minute documentary titled, ‘The Melt Down of Glaciers — Switzerland and Pakistan’ to mark International Mountain ...
PBS

As glaciers melt, scientists study potential for more violent volcanic eruptions

Scientists are flocking to Iceland to investigate an increasingly crucial question: Will melting glaciers accelerate and intensify earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? William Brangham reports. In ...
NPR

Why the most climate-resistant glaciers are hiding in plain sight

In the Wasatch mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah, a popular hiking trail winds up through aspen and spruce trees to reach White Pine Lake. Scott Hotaling is marching up this familiar path, but ...
PBS

Climate change is making Switzerland’s ebbing glaciers look like Swiss cheese

RHONE GLACIER, Switzerland (AP) — Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland’s vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes. Matthias Huss of the glacier monitoring group GLAMOS ...