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A small Himalayan village in northern India bore witness to the devastating flash flood this month triggered by a glacier where scores were killed and roads, bridges and buildings destroyed. Residents of the village have been living in fear ever since and are leaving their homes to sleep at cowsheds several kilometres uphill. Experts blames rampant construction projects in the fragile Himalayan region for such extreme and unpredictable impacts.
A short boat ride from the shores of Karachi, mangrove trees sprout along the quiet inlets of an uninhabited island that environmentalists say provides vital coastal protection to Pakistan's largest city.
Timelapse images of a large calving event at the Helheim Glacier, as published research shows that the three largest glaciers in Greenland -- which hold enough frozen water to lift global sea levels some 1.3 metres -- could melt faster than even the worst-case warming predictions. A team of researchers based in Denmark and Britain used historical images and a host of other data to estimate how much ice had been lost from Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae, Kangerlussuaq Glacier and Helheim Glaciers in the 20th century.
Far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro warns against socialism after casting his vote in Brazil's general elections, saying it could lead the country into a spiraling crisis similar to what Venezuela faces today. SOUNDBITE
Les Aires Marines Protégées oeuvrent pour la nature dans le temps. Il est donc nécessaire de les multiplier pour sauver notre planète.
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