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The remains of long-lost climbers are appearing as climate change melts glaciers

A melted glacier revealed the remains of a long-lost German mountain climber this month.Denis Balibouse/Reuters Swiss officials found the body of a climber missing for 37 years after portions of a glacier melted. Just last year, another glacier in Switzerland melted enough to reveal a 1968 plane crash. Glaciers melting, driven by climate change, may result in extreme sea-level rise, experts say. Melting glacier ice — a worrying symptom of worsening climate change — is leading to the discovery of people thought lost for decades.Earlier this month, Swiss officials found the remains of a German mountain climber missing for almost 37 years after a portion of the Theodul glacier melted, local police said Thursday.The explorer's identity was confirmed using a DNA sample from the human remains, police said.

 

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