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EXPLAINER - What is the Doomsday Glacier, and why are scientists so worried?

It’s vast, it’s unstable, and it holds enough ice to reshape the world’s coastlines. Thwaites Glacier, ominously nicknamed the “Doomsday Glacier”, has become one of the most closely watched pieces of ice on the planet.

Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after village destroyed by glacier

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Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after village destroyed by glacier

A massive landslide in southern Switzerland this week buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river, creating a growing risk of flooding. Millions of cubic meters of ice, mud, and rock crashed down from a mountain on Wednesday, flooding the few buildings left in the village.

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