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Climate change contributing to permafrost thawing and glacial thinning

The catastrophic rock and ice collapse on the northern Nepalese border was influenced by a range of climatic and geological factors, most of which are worsened by the impacts of climate change.

Climate change contributing to permafrost thawing and glacial thinning

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The catastrophic rock and ice collapse on the northern Nepalese border was influenced by a range of climatic and geological factors, most of which are worsened by the impacts of climate change.

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The catastrophic rock and ice collapse on the northern Nepalese border was influenced by a range of climatic and geological factors, most of which are worsened by the impacts of climate change.

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