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The region, which crosses eight countries in central Europe, includes some of the continent’s highest peaks. The range also has beautiful glaciers, large bodies of dense ice that cover some of the tops and slopes of the Alpine mountains. But these glaciers are at risk from climate change, according to a new study published in the <span class="caps">EGU</span> journal The Cryosphere.</p></p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/education/planet-press/94/alps-could-lose-most-of-their-glaciers-by-2100/" aria-label="Read more about Alps could lose most of their glaciers by 2100">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/4a/d4/4ad497c2-84ab-4d21-9530-6fcd5ec59ab9/27846689847_e1ed1c1ab9_o.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-2692%2C897_subsampling-2_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/4a/d4/4ad497c2-84ab-4d21-9530-6fcd5ec59ab9/27846689847_e1ed1c1ab9_o.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-2692%2C897_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/4a/d4/4ad497c2-84ab-4d21-9530-6fcd5ec59ab9/27846689847_e1ed1c1ab9_o.jpg__240x240_crop_subject_location-2692%2C897_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/education/planet-press/93/what-seabirds-can-tell-us-about-the-tide/">What seabirds can tell us about the tide</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-language mr-1"></i> English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> 29 November 2018</li> </ul> <p><p>Many nature groups and societies around the world put <span class="caps">GPS</span> tags on birds to study their behaviour and movements. This helps scientists learn more about these animals and the information collected can be used to protect bird species. Now, Matt Cooper, a graduate from Bangor University in Wales, and his colleagues, have discovered that <span class="caps">GPS</span> information from seabirds can also be used to learn about our oceans. They published their results in the <span class="caps">EGU</span> journal Ocean Science.</p></p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/education/planet-press/93/what-seabirds-can-tell-us-about-the-tide/" aria-label="Read more about What seabirds can tell us about the tide">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/02/b5/02b5d28a-0784-4d03-a053-9c7bf4c64a92/8th_af_bombing_marienburg.jpeg__120x120_crop_subject_location-1436%2C1759_subsampling-2_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/02/b5/02b5d28a-0784-4d03-a053-9c7bf4c64a92/8th_af_bombing_marienburg.jpeg__120x120_crop_subject_location-1436%2C1759_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/02/b5/02b5d28a-0784-4d03-a053-9c7bf4c64a92/8th_af_bombing_marienburg.jpeg__240x240_crop_subject_location-1436%2C1759_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/education/planet-press/92/impact-of-bombs-from-world-war-ii-felt-at-the-edge-of-space/">Impact of bombs from World War II felt at the edge of space</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-language mr-1"></i> English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> 26 September 2018</li> </ul> <p><p>University of Reading researchers found that bombing raids not only caused damage on the ground but also shook the Earth’s atmosphere up to the edge of space. Scientists have shown that ‘shockwaves’ produced by the huge bombs dropped by Allied planes on European cities were felt very high up in the Earth’s atmosphere, up to 1000km away.</p></p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/education/planet-press/92/impact-of-bombs-from-world-war-ii-felt-at-the-edge-of-space/" aria-label="Read more about Impact of bombs from World War II felt at the edge of space">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/22/6c/226c1b25-27ad-4169-918b-d15b6602f2ba/8093677912_f40f428bb4_o.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-2363%2C1616_subsampling-2_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/22/6c/226c1b25-27ad-4169-918b-d15b6602f2ba/8093677912_f40f428bb4_o.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-2363%2C1616_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/22/6c/226c1b25-27ad-4169-918b-d15b6602f2ba/8093677912_f40f428bb4_o.jpg__240x240_crop_subject_location-2363%2C1616_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/education/planet-press/91/building-walls-underwater-to-slow-down-glacier-collapse/">Building walls underwater to slow down glacier collapse</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-language mr-1"></i> English, French, German, Greek, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> 20 September 2018</li> </ul> <p><p>To slow down glacier melting, scientists Michael Wolovick and John Moore have come up with an “un-thinkable” idea, called glacial geoengineering. They suggested that we could build columns or walls underwater to support ice shelves and to limit the amount of warm water getting to them. This would prevent the glaciers from losing so much ice, delaying sea-level rise. The results are published in The Cryosphere.</p></p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/education/planet-press/91/building-walls-underwater-to-slow-down-glacier-collapse/" aria-label="Read more about Building walls underwater to slow down glacier collapse">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/a5/86/a586da62-28b9-4869-bee0-407bbe38e682/0796995f0333ae697b72cc5f2e9ce9c3.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-2504%2C1619_subsampling-2_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/a5/86/a586da62-28b9-4869-bee0-407bbe38e682/0796995f0333ae697b72cc5f2e9ce9c3.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-2504%2C1619_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/a5/86/a586da62-28b9-4869-bee0-407bbe38e682/0796995f0333ae697b72cc5f2e9ce9c3.jpg__240x240_crop_subject_location-2504%2C1619_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/education/planet-press/90/scientists-calculate-deadline-for-climate-action/">Scientists calculate deadline for climate action</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-language mr-1"></i> English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> 30 August 2018</li> </ul> <p><p>In a new study published in the <span class="caps">EGU</span> journal Earth System Dynamics, a team of scientists from the Netherlands and the UK found that we are running out of time to limit the increase in global temperature to 2° C at the end of the century. They said that we need to act strongly to stop climate change before 2035.</p></p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/education/planet-press/90/scientists-calculate-deadline-for-climate-action/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists calculate deadline for climate action">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/76/66/7666ff27-fb72-44a7-910b-a1c3ebbb4a37/chorabari-glaciers-kedarnath-17-panorama.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-1502%2C337_subsampling-2_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/76/66/7666ff27-fb72-44a7-910b-a1c3ebbb4a37/chorabari-glaciers-kedarnath-17-panorama.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-1502%2C337_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/76/66/7666ff27-fb72-44a7-910b-a1c3ebbb4a37/chorabari-glaciers-kedarnath-17-panorama.jpg__240x240_crop_subject_location-1502%2C337_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/education/planet-press/89/landslides-triggered-by-humans-on-the-rise/">Landslides triggered by humans on the rise</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-language mr-1"></i> Dutch, English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> 23 August 2018</li> </ul> <p><p>In a new study published in the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, UK’s Sheffield University researchers Melanie Froude and David Petley looked at landslides that happened between 2004 and 2016 all around the world. They focused on fatal landslides, that is, those that caused deaths. They wanted to understand where landslides were harming people most and why they happen.</p></p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/education/planet-press/89/landslides-triggered-by-humans-on-the-rise/" aria-label="Read more about Landslides triggered by humans on the rise">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/8c/6d/8c6df1b2-e32e-417b-b7fe-e3aec5c362f0/10009912_basimage_georgevisound.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-2144%2C1419_subsampling-2_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/8c/6d/8c6df1b2-e32e-417b-b7fe-e3aec5c362f0/10009912_basimage_georgevisound.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-2144%2C1419_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/8c/6d/8c6df1b2-e32e-417b-b7fe-e3aec5c362f0/10009912_basimage_georgevisound.jpg__240x240_crop_subject_location-2144%2C1419_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/education/planet-press/88/when-ice-shelves-collapse-sea-level-can-rise-but-by-how-much/">When ice shelves collapse, sea level can rise. But by how much?</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-language mr-1"></i> Dutch, English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> 19 July 2018</li> </ul> <p><p>The Antarctic Peninsula, the northernmost part of Antarctica, has been warming rapidly in recent years. This has put some of the peninsula’s ice shelves – including two called Larsen C and George VI – at risk of collapse. In a new study published in the <span class="caps">EGU</span> journal The Cryosphere, an international team of scientists calculated how much sea-level rise would result from the collapse of these two ice shelves.</p></p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/education/planet-press/88/when-ice-shelves-collapse-sea-level-can-rise-but-by-how-much/" aria-label="Read more about When ice shelves collapse, sea level can rise. But by how much?">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/7c/ad/7cad3e77-e81b-4e63-ba7c-4c977d483ef7/gulfoffinland_oli_2018199_lrg.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-2169%2C2169_subsampling-2_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/7c/ad/7cad3e77-e81b-4e63-ba7c-4c977d483ef7/gulfoffinland_oli_2018199_lrg.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-2169%2C2169_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/7c/ad/7cad3e77-e81b-4e63-ba7c-4c977d483ef7/gulfoffinland_oli_2018199_lrg.jpg__240x240_crop_subject_location-2169%2C2169_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/education/planet-press/87/oxygen-levels-in-baltic-sea-at-1500-year-low/">Oxygen levels in Baltic Sea at 1500-year low</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-language mr-1"></i> Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> 5 July 2018</li> </ul> <p><p>Researchers who published their work in the <span class="caps">EGU</span> journal Biogeosciences have discovered that the oxygen problem in the coastal waters of the Baltic sea is more serious than previously thought. The new research shows that during the past 100 years or so the coastal Baltic Sea lost oxygen at a rate that had not been seen in 1500 years!</p></p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/education/planet-press/87/oxygen-levels-in-baltic-sea-at-1500-year-low/" aria-label="Read more about Oxygen levels in Baltic Sea at 1500-year low">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/82/2e/822e88fe-7afa-4cf7-9410-85226bcfc6e4/170831-z-ah923-007c.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-810%2C540_subsampling-2_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/82/2e/822e88fe-7afa-4cf7-9410-85226bcfc6e4/170831-z-ah923-007c.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-810%2C540_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/82/2e/822e88fe-7afa-4cf7-9410-85226bcfc6e4/170831-z-ah923-007c.jpg__240x240_crop_subject_location-810%2C540_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/education/planet-press/86/surprising-findings-from-a-hurricane-in-texas/">Surprising findings from a hurricane in Texas</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-language mr-1"></i> Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> 19 April 2018</li> </ul> <p><p>In late August 2017, a very strong storm, called Hurricane Harvey, hit southeast Texas in the United States (US). The storm caused massive floods, and it killed dozens of people. Researchers in Texas and in the Netherlands studied how the victims died due to Harvey and published their results in the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. They found that 80% of victims died from drowning.</p></p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/education/planet-press/86/surprising-findings-from-a-hurricane-in-texas/" aria-label="Read more about Surprising findings from a hurricane in Texas">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <article class="media"> <img role="presentation" alt="" class="img-fluid img-thumbnail" src="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/7e/a7/7ea7a3b2-e9dd-49bf-9868-ebd8a02f8c62/aura20140716-full.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-730%2C428_subsampling-2_upscale.webp" srcset="https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/7e/a7/7ea7a3b2-e9dd-49bf-9868-ebd8a02f8c62/aura20140716-full.jpg__120x120_crop_subject_location-730%2C428_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 1x, https://www.egu.eu/media/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/7e/a7/7ea7a3b2-e9dd-49bf-9868-ebd8a02f8c62/aura20140716-full.jpg__240x240_crop_subject_location-730%2C428_subsampling-2_upscale.webp 2x" loading="lazy"> <div class="media-body"> <h2 class="h4"><a href="/education/planet-press/85/parts-of-ozone-layer-not-recovering-as-expected/">Parts of ozone layer not recovering as expected</a></h2> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-language mr-1"></i> Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-fw fa-calendar-plus"></i> 6 February 2018</li> </ul> <p><p>In a new study published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, researchers revealed that while the ozone layer is recovering at the poles, this is not happening at latitudes between about 60°S and 60°N.</p></p> <p class="more-link my-1 text-right "><a href="/education/planet-press/85/parts-of-ozone-layer-not-recovering-as-expected/" aria-label="Read more about Parts of ozone layer not recovering as expected">Read more</a> </div> </article> <hr> <nav class="btn-toolbar btn-toolbar-pagination mt-2" role="presentation" aria-label="Pagination navigation"> <div class="btn-group btn-group-sm mx-auto" role="group"> <a href="?page=1" data-ic-page="1" role="button" class="btn btn-tag active" aria-pressed="true">1</a> <a href="?page=2" data-ic-page="2" role="button" class="btn btn-tag">2</a> <a href="?page=3" data-ic-page="3" role="button" class="btn btn-tag">3</a> <a href="#" disabled type="button" class="btn btn-tag disabled">...</a> <a href="?page=6" data-ic-page="6" role="button" class="btn btn-tag">6</a> <a href="?page=2" data-ic-page="2" role="button" class="btn btn-tag" aria-label="Next"> <i class="fas fa-fw fa-angle-double-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span class="sr-only">Next</span> </a> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </form> </div> </main>  <footer class="d-print-none"> <div class="footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6 mb-4 mb-md-0"> <div class="footer-heading"> <h2>About EGU</h2> </div> <p>EGU, the European Geosciences Union, is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide. 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