Tag Archives: glacier melt

Watching Chile Trade Agreements and impact of El Niño

Posted on August 29, 2026 by borderslynn

Chile in final phase of negotiations to reach trade deal with US, Chilean official says By Fabian Cambero August 26, 2025 SANTIAGO, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Chile is in the final phase of negotiations with the office of the United States … Continue reading →

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Glacier melts caused by human activity

Posted on August 26, 2026 by borderslynn

Horrifying images caught by CCTV before transmission cut out: The catastrophic debris flow that struck Nepal and Tibet today was triggered by the collapse of a glacier high in the mountains. Why did this mountain collapse: Glacier melt is primarily … Continue reading →

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Climate change, sea levels rising, countries sinking

Posted on August 29, 2025 by borderslynn

In past blogs I have written about land which sank beneath the oceans after the Ice Age melt began over 10,000 years ago. Now the world knows the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising … Continue reading →

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Freshwater availability shrinking as we make perverse decisions

Posted on September 24, 2022 by borderslynn

Globally, around 80 percent of freshwater is used for food production and agriculture. Out of all the water covering the earth, only 2 percent is fresh. That remaining 10 to 20 percent is set aside for industry. Urban Africa, with … Continue reading →

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