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Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say
KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) reaches for "collapse" where BBC News stays flat.
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What happenedRapidly warming temperatures in the region have caused glaciers to thin and have melted ice and permafrost buried deep in the bedrock of the Himalayas, according to the researchers.
The headline splitCNA Singapore frames it as "Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say". KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) frames it as "Climate change made deadly Nepal glacier and rock collapse more likely, according to anal...".
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CenterClimate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say
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Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say
Rapidly warming temperatures in the region have caused glaciers to thin and have melted ice and permafrost buried deep in the bedrock of the Himalayas, according to the researchers.
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Climate change made deadly Nepal glacier and rock collapse more likely, according to analysis
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Human-caused global warming resulting in the Himalayan permafrost thawing was, in part, responsible for the catastrophic glacier and boulder collapse last month.
