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Glaciers melt around world due to global warming

World's third largest glacier in Tibet

Travel to Midui Glacier

 China endorses climate change resolution

China's top legislature approved Thursday afternoon a resolution on climate change, ahead of an international conference in December in Copenhagen, Denmark.

China issues regulation on disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment

Wen: China gives top priority to meeting challenge of climate change

Road to Copenhagen: push for success of climate talks

China mulls practical, effective measures to combat climate change

Chinese researchers measure movement of the Dulk glacier

Scientists begin Himalayan glacial lake studies in Nepal

20 glacial lakes in Nepal posing danger of outburst due to melting of ice

Arch collapses from Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina

 Glacier thawing speeds up in Yangtze River sources

Glaciers covering almost 233 square kilometers have melted over the past 30 years in the source area of the Yangtze River, China's longest waterway, due to global warming and the melting is accelerating, experts said Tuesday.

A tourist walks by a wetland at the source of the Yangtze River on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in this undated file photo.  (Xinhua Photo)
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Climate change increases glacial burst danger in Nepal

Photo taken on June, 2005 shows the Himalayas.(Xinhua Photo)

Photo taken on June, 2005 shows the Himalayas.(Xinhua Photo)
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Scientists: Antarctic ice shelf collapsing as result of climate change

A large floating ice mass is seen in the gateway of the Antarctic Peninsula March 9, 2008. On the Antarctic Peninsula, which stretches out from Antarctica toward the South Atlantic Ocean, some of the huge ice shelves that line its coasts have now disintegrated and are floating in chunks in the ocean. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

A large floating ice mass is seen in the gateway of the Antarctic Peninsula March 9, 2008. On the Antarctic Peninsula, which stretches out from Antarctica toward the South Atlantic Ocean, some of the huge ice shelves that line its coasts have now disintegrated and are floating in chunks in the ocean. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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