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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 23, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 11:35 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Death of a glacier

Denis Balibouse, Reuters
Posted at Sep 23 08:32 AM

People take part in a mourning ceremony as awareness to climate change, for the disappearing Pizol glacier, in Mels, Switzerland. Read more »

Climate activists hold event to mark vanishing Swiss glacier

Reuters
Posted at Sep 22 09:35 PM

Hundreds of climate activists paid their respects to a Swiss glacier on Sunday that is due to disappear over the next decade, the victim of a warming environment. Read more »

Melting glaciers, ice sheets, raising Earth's seas

Patrick Galey and Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 29 11:22 PM

As the planet's polar ice sheets destabilize amid rising temperatures, a landmark UN assessment of Earth's retreating frozen spaces is also set to spell out how melting mountain glaciers will impact humanity in the decades to come. Read more »

Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change

Jeremie Richard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 19 07:43 AM

REYKJAVIK - Iceland on Sunday honored the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate.    Read more »

A thriving Filipino community makes Juneau home away from home

Kage Gozun
Updated as of Aug 12 09:38 AM

"Did Juneau" that in the early 1900s, Filipinos made their way to and established roots in America's 49th state? But the second largest US city bears many more come ons than cultural familiarity—from majestic trails and glaciers to awe-inspiring wildlife.  Read more »

PRESERVED: Swiss couple found on glacier 75 years after disappearance

Gilles Campion, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 19 03:00 PM

A Swiss couple that disappeared in the Alps 75 years ago has been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending decades of uncertainty for their family, relatives and media said Tuesday.  Read more »

Colorado camper wakes to find bear biting head

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 10:02 AM

LOS ANGELES - A staffer at a Christian summer camp in Colorado has told of his shock at waking to find his head clamped in the mouth of a bear. Read more »