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Gold vs water: Argentina opens glaciers to mining but at what cost to world food supplies?
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09.05.2026

Gold vs water: Argentina opens glaciers to mining but at what cost to world food supplies?

Beneath the shining white glaciers of the Andean mountains lie valuable deposits of gold, copper and molybdenum which, until recently, were off-limits to the mining companies that have set their eyes on these untapped minerals. That could be about to change, after legislators in Argentina agreed to amend the Glacier Law that has prohibited all mining and exploration activities in the country’s glacier regions since 2010. The legislation defined the country’s 16,000 glaciers – covering an area of...

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Alaska 2025 tsunami was second-highest ever, taller than Empire State Building
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07.05.2026

Alaska 2025 tsunami was second-highest ever, taller than Empire State Building

Tracy Arm Fjord, in southeastern Alaska ⁠within the Tongass National Forest, presents a majestic vista, with a narrow sea inlet surrounded by towering granite cliffs, waterfalls and glaciers. One morning last year it also was the site of a powerful landslide that triggered a huge localised tsunami. Researchers have now determined that the tsunami on August 10, 2025, was the second-highest ever recorded, with a wave reaching up to 481 metres (1,578 feet) tall – higher than New York City’s Empire...

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