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Oct 2024
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Fire and ice: Climate change and Iceland...

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The rapid retreat of Iceland's glaciers and ice sheets as a result of human-induced climate change could be triggering increased volcanic activity, according to scientists. Our environment and climate correspondent Gloria Dickie joins a research expedition to understand the connection between retreating ice, and volcanic activity.

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