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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Penguins are seen on Petermann Island in Antarctica, on December 12, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Penguins are seen with a cruise ship in the background in Antarctica, on December 14, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Penguins are seen on Petermann Island in Antarctica, on December 12, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

This photo taken on on December 12, 2025 shows the Lemaire Channel in Antarctica. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Penguins are seen on Petermann Island in Antarctica, on December 12, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Penguins are seen on Petermann Island in Antarctica, on December 12, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Summer Animals - Antarctica

Whales are seen in Penola Strait in Antarctica, on December 12, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ICE Raids Spark Protest Riot - LA

A protester holds a sign reading “Melt ICE” during an anti-ICE demonstration in downtown Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025. The protest erupted after a wave of federal immigration raids began on June 7, with National Guard troops deployed to the city despite objections from local officials. Demonstrators called for an end to deportations and the dismantling of ICE. Photo by Sahab Zaribaf/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Melting Snow Due To High Temperatures Causes Flooding In Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang

On August 24, 2024, a surprising natural event unfolded in the Taklamakan Desert near Aksu, Xinjiang, in northwestern China. A woman who was there for an off-road trip discovered significant flooding across the desert landscape, with water levels reaching as deep as one meter in certain areas, resulting in vehicles that were difficult to drive or even stalled. The local Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography described the phenomenon in an interview as a river overflow caused by high temperatures melting snow on nearby mountains, and that it actually happens once a year and is not uncommon. In particular, this year's high temperatures and heavy precipitation in Xinjiang in July led to extra snow melt.

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Heatwaves scorch north China, igniting cooling economy

STORY: Heatwaves scorch north China, igniting cooling economy SHOOTING TIME: June 13, 2024 & File DATELINE: June 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: JILIN and CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cities, forests and sea in China 2. various of Changbai Mountain 3. various of new air-raid shelters in Chongqing STORYLINE: With heatwaves sweeping some Chinese provinces and regions in recent days, many people have been making plans for summer vacations, often with an eye on cool destinations for relaxation. To meet diverse and personalized tourist demands, popular summer destinations in China are exploring new methods and utilizing resources like beaches, forests, rivers, and lakes for economic growth. In northeast China's Jilin Province, the frozen Tianchi crater lake of the Changbai Mountain has just begun to melt, ushering in its most beautiful season. Located at a high altitude, Changbai Mountain reserve has an average temperature of only 22 degrees Celsius in summer. The coolness h

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Beijing-Kowloon Railway Antifreezing Operation

JIUJIANG, CHINA - FEBRUARY 22, 2024 - Workers melt ice at a switch area of the Lushan section of Beijing-Kowloon Railway in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, Feb. 22, 2024.

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Mongolia issues warning of spring floods in capital

STORY: Mongolia issues warning of spring floods in capital SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 15, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of warning of spring floods in Mongolia's capital STORYLINE: The Emergency Commission of Mongolia's capital on Thursday issued a warning of spring floods. "A projected sudden warmer temperature can cause snow and ice to melt quickly, increasing the risk for flash floods in at least 30 locations in Ulan Bator," the commission said in a statement. Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene has ordered the evacuation of residents who may be affected by floods, according to the government's press office. Ulan Bator is home to around half of the Asian country's population of 3.5 million. This winter, Mongolia has seen a lot more snow than usual and around 90 percent of the country's total territory has so far been covered with snow up to 100 cm thick, according to the country's weather monitoring agenc

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CHINA-HUNAN-LOW TEMPERATURE-RESPONSE (CN)

(240205) -- CHANGSHA, Feb. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Feb. 5, 2024 shows staff members spreading salt to melt ice on a road in Taojiang County of Yiyang, central China's Hunan Province. The Ministry of Emergency Management has upgraded the emergency response for disasters induced by low temperatures, rain, snow and freezing conditions in central China's Hunan Province from level-IV to level-III on Sunday. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

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#CHINA-LOW TEMPERATURES-COUNTERMEASURES (CN)

(231219) -- BEIJING, Dec. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members spread salt to melt ice on a main road in Bijie, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 18, 2023. Countermeasures have been taken to prevent or alleviate impacts inflicted by extensive snowfall and other freezing conditions. (Photo by Wang Sha/Xinhua)

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir adds a slap of paraffin wax into a barrel as he makes tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir melts the wax in a barrel over a bonfire as he makes tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - Wax is being melted in a barrel during the making of tin can lamps at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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U.S. Colorado River basin rejoices from record snowpack while flooding expected

STORY: U.S. Colorado River basin rejoices from record snowpack while flooding expected DATELINE: March 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Colorado River near Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border 2. various of Lake Mead on the side of Nevada STORYLINE: The Colorado River got a jolt in the arm from the 2022-23 winter thanks to the snowpack that is melting and swelling streams and rivers. The river, a parched lifeline in the U.S. southwest, supplies water to some 40 million people in seven states. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which manages the Colorado River basin, said in its latest projection in January that the water level of Lake Mead, the biggest reservoir in the country, could drop close to the lowest since the reservoir was initially filled in the 1930s. With an above-average snowpack in the states of Colorado and Utah right now, hopes are that a slow spring melt could help turn things around. As of Tuesday, the lake's water

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Animal-shaped lakes appear in China's Xinjiang as ice and snow melt

STORY: Animal-shaped lakes appear in China's Xinjiang as ice and snow melt DATELINE: March 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: YULI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the natural scenery of Lop Nur National Wetland Park STORYLINE: The spring thaw has come. Animal-shaped lakes appear at the Lop Nur National Wetland Park in Yuli County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, as ice and snow begin to melt. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yuli, China. (XHTV)

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Amazing scenery of frozen river melting in N China

STORY: Amazing scenery of frozen river melting in N China DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: TOURISM SHOTLIST: 1. various of frozen river melting in N China STORYLINE: As spring comes, some frozen rivers begin to melt in Hulunbuir, China's Inner Mongolia, creating an amazing spectacle. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hohhot, China. (XHTV)

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Antinuke demonstration in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Demonstrators stage a "melt-in" protest in Manhattan, New York, on Aug. 6, 2012, the 67th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and nuclear power.

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Tokyo Electric execs' apology

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Muto (R) and other executives of Japan's largest power utility bow to apologize over a crisis at its nuclear power plants in quake-hit Fukushima Prefecture in a press conference in Tokyo on March 14, 2011. The No. 2 reactor at the company's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant lost cooling functions and the reactor's fuel rods were briefly fully exposed earlier in the day, indicating the critical situation of the reactor's core beginning to melt due to overheating.

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Season of skating kicks off in Moscow

STORY: Season of skating kicks off in Moscow DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of GUM ice rink on Red Square 2. various of GUM Fair STORYLINE: The most glamorous ice rink in Moscow opened to public on Tuesday, welcoming visitors who were rushing to the Red Square, marking the start of the skating season in the country. The GUM ice rink has an area of 2,700 square meters. Its refrigerant pipes make sure its ice does not melt even at the temperature of 10 degrees Celsius above zero. It will remain open until February 28, 2023. According to mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, over 200 skating rinks with artificial ice are expected to operate this winter in the Russian capital. Traditionally, skating rinks with artificial ice start operation in November, and when cold weather becomes stable, the ones with natural ice will open as well. Stepping outside the rink, the GUM Fair can offer New Year souvenirs -- warm mittens, famous Russian sho

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Lifting Of Cover Panels End At Fukushima Nuke Plant

FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN – OCT. 5: The last of six panels of the cover shrouding the No. 1 reactor building of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was lifted on October 5. The lifting of cover panels, each of which is 42-meter long and seven-meter wide, started on July 28 as part of works to dismantle the plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, said the next step will be a 1.5-year-long job to take away its wall panels and put on windbreak sheets instead, before trying to retrieve nuclear fuels from the pool by March 2021. The Fukushima plant caused serious melt down after hit by a mega earthquake and following tsunami on March 11 2011.

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Gold leaf know-how supports high-tech industry

KYOTO, Japan - Plasma beams melt a titanium block into balls 0.1 millimeter in diameter for medical use at artificial joints at a factory owned by Fukuda Kinzoku Hakufun Kogyo Co. in Kyoto's Yamashina Ward. (Kyodo)

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Shiraito Falls

Shiraito Falls in Kamiide, Fujinomiya City. The melt water from Mt. Fuji is blocked at the precipice, wells up from the lava bed, and spills over as hundreds of thin waterfalls into the basin. Metaki Falls is not visible. The water becomes Shiba River and flows into Fuji River. These falls were designated as a National Scenic Spot in 1936.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐18‐0]

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Shiraito Falls

Close-up photograph of Shiraito Falls at Kamiide in Fujinomiya City. The melt water from Mt. Fuji is blocked at the precipice, wells up from the lava bed, and spills over as hundreds of thin waterfalls into the basin. Otaki (Male) and Metaki (Female) Falls are visible on the right. These falls were designated as a National Scenic Spot in 1936.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐67‐0]

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Tokyo Electric execs' apology

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Muto (R) and other executives of Japan's largest power utility bow to apologize over a crisis at its nuclear power plants in quake-hit Fukushima Prefecture in a press conference in Tokyo on March 14, 2011. The No. 2 reactor at the company's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant lost cooling functions and the reactor's fuel rods were briefly fully exposed earlier in the day, indicating the critical situation of the reactor's core beginning to melt due to overheating. (Kyodo)

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