Tag: glaciers
Swiss glaciers have lost half their volume since 1931
Lhe volume of Swiss glaciers has been halved since 1931, according to a study published Monday August 22 by scientists, who have for the first time reconstructed the retreat of…
“We have never known a summer like this”: the heat and the return of tourists make the glaciers happy
Weather-sensitive products par excellence, ice cream takes full advantage of the strong summer heat. But not necessarily episodes of heat wave. “It’s by far the best season we’ve ever had.…
Consequence of climate change – ice retreating: Glaciers are running out like never before
Things are bad for our Alpine glaciers due to climate change. More than 200 of the ice giants have disappeared since the end of the 19th century. In view of…
The melting of glaciers redraws the Italian-Swiss border
Up on the mountain was a refuge built in Italy. The vagaries of climate change have moved the border on the glacier and two thirds of the hut perched at…
Responsibility in the melting of the Peruvian glaciers? German justice on the spot
Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya observes the Palcaraju mountain in the Huascaran National Park in northeastern Peru on May 23, 2022 (AFP/Archives/Luka GONZALES) Experts and magistrates on the shores of…
Landfall stabilized glaciers
Like many other glaciers, the Amalia Glacier in the southern Patagonian ice field has lost enormous amounts of ice in recent decades: its tongue has retreated by more than ten…
Jura At 56, he tackles the Tor des glaciers again: 450 km in 190 hours
It’s been seven years since Norbert Girard embarked on the adventure of running. “I quit smoking in 2014 and I had to compensate. I did it with running and took…
A natural phenomenon is melting away – ice caves: the underground glaciers threaten to disappear – news
contents Because the winters are getting warmer, the ice in the ice caves is melting. Memories of times past emerge. Now in winter the ice grows in the ice caves.…
Himalayan glaciers are disappearing exceptionally quickly
In the past few decades, the Himalayan glaciers have lost ice mass ten times faster than the average of all comparable periods since the end of the Little Ice Age…
Land use statistics: Settlements and forests grow at the expense of agriculture: fewer glaciers, more roads
The settlement area in Switzerland has grown by almost eight football fields every day over the past ten years. That is a little slower than in the years before. The…
Air Glacier’s Helicopter Lama is retiring after more than 30 years
May 11, 2021, 2 minutes ago In use for 30 years The “Tractor of Heaven” is retiring After more than 30 years in service for Air Glacier, the llama helicopter…
The day: Floods through crashed glaciers in India: First dead recovered
Sunday, February 07, 2021 The day Floods through crashed glaciers in India: first dead recovered