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Bitcoin power plant is turning a 12,000-year-old glacial lake into a hot tub

The fossil fuel power plant that a private equity firm revived to mine bitcoin is at it again. Not content to just pollute the atmosphere in pursuit of a volatile crypto asset with little real-world utility, this experiment in free marketeering is also dumping tens of millions of gallons of hot water into glacial Seneca Lake in upstate New York.

Fresh iceberg ruptures in Chile's Patagonia raise alarm

Fresh iceberg ruptures in Chile's Patagonia raise alarm

Two new icebergs have broken off the Grey Glacier in Chile's Patagonia in recent weeks, amid fears that such ruptures are becoming more frequent, scientists told Reuters.
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