Equilibrium/Sustainability — Second glacier collapse shows high-altitude danger
Twin glacier collapses — this week’s in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan Mountains and last week’s in Italy — suggest the danger for high-altitude landscapes is only rising. “There’s no other directions glaciers are going other than retreating,” University of Minnesota glaciologist Peter Neff told The Washington Post. Neff said that both avalanches were caused by collapsing ice,…