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‘Heartbreaking’ aerial shots reveal massive ice loss on Mont Blanc

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Depressing new aerial photographs of Mont Blanc reveal the extent of ice loss over time in the Alps. A century ago, the Swiss pilot and photographer Walter Mittelholzer flew over Mont Blanc in a biplane to photograph the alpine landscape. from https://nypost.com/2019/10/11/heartbreaking-aerial-shots-reveal-massive-ice-loss-on-mont-blanc/ https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/mer-de-glace-glacier-01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=618&h=410&crop=1

Massive ice sheet breaks away from Antarctica

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" (CNN) A massive iceberg weighing more than one trillion tons has broken away from western Antarctica, according to a UK-based research team. Scientists from Project MIDAS had been monitoring a break in the Larsen C ice shelf -- the fourth-largest in Antarctica -- following the collapse of the Larsen A ice shelf in 1995 and had   observed significant advances   in the rift over the past 12 months.... " http://buff.ly/2uQDcaz via Buffer