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Glacier covered with blankets to reduce summer ice-melt

People living near the Rhone glacier in the central Alps of Switzerland have come up with a striking tactic to counter the effects of climate change. Each summer the glacier is protected by blankets to keep ice melt to a minimum, the European Pressphoto Agency reports.

Flashback: Scientists Considered Pouring Soot Over the Arctic in the 1970s to Help Melt the Ice – In Order to Prevent Another Ice Age | Washington's Blog

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Protestant group votes to divest from fossil fuels | KOB.com

Last week, ExxonMobil company spokesman Alan T. Jeffers told The Boston Globe that the divestment campaign is "a symbolic measure that does nothing to reduce emissions" and added that fossil fuel makes modern life possible.