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Avalanche that killed Australian police officer Nathan Deutschbein results in safety recommendations 1 Mar, 2021 03:38 AM 4 minutes to read Nathan Deutschbein leaves behind his wife Skye and their two daughters. Photo / Supplied The death of an Australian police officer caught in a deadly South Island avalanche has resulted in a raft of safety recommendations for other New Zealand mountaineers. Nathan Deutschbein, a New South Wales police officer and father of two girls, died on November 29, 2018, when he was caught in an avalanche and became buried while descending the Eugenie Glacier in the...

The Climate Crisis Should Have Bagged The 2020 Headlines Published January 1st, 2021 - 10:43 GMT (Shutterstock) This year, nature struck relentlessly with record-breaking and deadly weather and climate-related disasters. From storms in the Atlantic, wildfires in California, killer floods in Asia and Africa, melting of the Arctic and bushfires in Australia, 2020 was more than a disastrous year with the pandemic. If it were not for the global coronavirus pandemic that infected or killed millions and ruined economies, perhaps the climate crisis would have bagged the most headlines in 2020....

A student of snow retires from decadeslong career in high country Durango, Colorado Currently Thu Low: 29° Possible light rain (with a chance of 1–2 in. of snow) in the morning and afternoon. 65% chance of precipitation 73% chance of precipitation Chris George brought avalanche studies to relevance Monday, Dec. 28, 2020 5:03 AM Chris George, 82, has spent most of his life in high-elevation mountains. But about 10 years ago, health reasons caused him to move to Durango. Recently, he retired from serving as president of the Center for Snow and Avalanche Stud...

Published 11 November 2020 A new study reveals the damage that a nuclear war might take on wild-caught seafood around the world, from salmon and tuna to the shrimp in shrimp cocktails. The aftermath of such a conflict could put a major strain on global food security, an international team of scientists reports. The group estimates that a nuclear war might cut the amount of seafood that fishing boats are capable of bringing in worldwide by as much as 30 percent. A new studyreveals the damage that a nuclear war might take on wild-caught seafood around the world, from salmon and tuna to the shr...

Written by Associated Press on December 12, 2020 JACKSON, Wyo, (AP) — When Darren Larsen pushed off in a packraft into Delta Lake four years ago, he expected that he would probe down a few feet into sediment produced by seven or so centuries of glacial runoff. His metal probe, instead, kept sinking and sinking. The paleoclimatologist and Occidental College professor was after the deposited sludge and silt to let him understand the Teton Glacier, which grinds over the gneiss and pulses sediment-laden meltwater into Delta Lake each spring and summer. It amasses...