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Billowing from a building in the downtown area. the mac this morning, the police responded to shots being fired in the downtown area. they were also told that a bomb would detonate within 15 minutes. upon hearing that, they evacuated buildings nearby. they had emergency communications to get people safe. shortly after that, the rv exploded. an australian expeditioner has been medically evacuated from antarctica following a five day mission involving ships, helicopters and planes. china, the us a...

Its roughly the size of britain, but the ice is vanishing fast. billions of tonnes of meltwater pouring into the sea every year. to assess the damage, the biggest science survey in antarctic history got under way. the glacier holds a colossal amount of water, and if it collapses, cities around the world could be swamped by the rising seas. this ice here is very accessible to change, and so if we are thinking about what the sea level is going to look like in ten years, this glacier is the place t...

Geographic," when life was a monthly i did some work for them. right after 9/11, a correspondent and i snuck into afghanistan. just as the war was getting under way. and in some ways was one of the more fulfilling things ive ever done in my career because my images were appearing in the tribune every day. i really felt that i was doing good work and people were seeing it. i dont want people to come away with the impression that i was a war photographer because i wasnt. but when there are rpgs co...

Time which is great credit to the negotiating teams on both sides. they were the planes that won the battle of britain and turned the tides on world war ii. but behind the success of spitfires and hurricanes, there was an untold story. the mathematical coloured collations of a schoolgirl.

In the fight against covid. this, though, was just the start. the virus is still ranging in many countries, and getting vaccines to everyone across the globe will be one of the biggest logistical challenges of our age. but thanks to the remarkable efforts of scientists this year, there is hope that an end may be in sight. now to one of the most remote parts of the planet, antarctica. scientists call this the domesday glacier. its roughly the size of britain, but the ice is vanishing fast. billio...

For a bumper christmas season. but it, and all italian ski resorts, have been shut by the government to slow coronavirus. its in the province of bergamo, worst hit in italy by the pandemic. and now theres the financial shock. translation: at christmas, we make up half of our season. losing it causes irreparable damage that well never make up. and i imagine some businesses here wont survive. what we from bergamo lived through in march was very frightening, hearing the sound of ambulances. we must...

To drill down through the front of what is the most important glacier in the world in terms of future sea level rises. slowly, slowly, the drill melts a 30cm hole down through tens of thousands of years of ice deposits. you can see its looking 0k. its not looking bad. probably better than we both expected. after 36 hours, they finally break through to the sea below. mission accomplished. now it is time for icefin to take centre stage. as its lowered through the glacier, the team ready themselves...

Its taken almost five weeks but we are finally at the front of the glacier. until this year, only four people had ever been here before. oh my god! hello friend. this is where icefin is going to be deployed but first, they need to drill a hole, or rather melt one, using hot water to bore down almost half a mile into the ice. so task one — create a vast reservoir of water using this huge rubber bath which the scientists call a flubber. we need ten tons of water again. 10,000 litres of water? wh...

And so if we are thinking about what the sea level is going to look like in ten years, this glacier is the place to be, and this is the location to be asking these questions at. we are standing right on it. scientists drill down into the glacier. instruments are carefully lowered, heading 600 metres down until they get to the point where the ice meets the ocean. its the first time that scientists have reached here, and it means they can measure how fast the glacier is melting. antarctica is the ...

On short runways, perfect for working out here on the ice. were headed to the place where the base of the glacier goes afloat. its called the grounding line, and its where this glacier is melting. an advance party are already on thwaites glacier. theirjob — to map the area where the scientists are going to be deployed to make sure its safe. the glacier is littered with deep crevasses, which could be lethal. this is actually the first open crevasse weve driven into. you can see the layers here ...