Tag: glacier
Video: Record kayak jump from the glacier waterfall
In the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, extreme kayak athlete Aniol Sarrasolses plunged himself 20 meters into the depths. To reach the remote glacier, the team had to hike miles through the…
Train journey through the Swiss Alps: On the way on the Glacier Express
by Katharina Brenner-Meyer November 25, 2023, 9:56 p.m 2 mins Like a cinema on wheels: Katharina Brenner-Meyer enjoys the ups and downs on the train between St. Moritz and Zermatt.…
Glacier melting: Germany will lose the last glaciers by 2035
Global warming The German glaciers are melting. The Federal Republic could be ice-free by 2035 Blaueeis glacier in Ramsau, Bavaria: A meager remnant of snow is all that is left…
SZ climate column: Melting glaciers, melting climate fund – knowledge
The first time I hiked across a glacier a few years ago, I felt like I was standing on a giant dragon made of ice – a defeated dragon. There…
Climate crisis: "We melt back in time"
For thousands of years, glaciers in Norway preserved the traces of Stone Age people – now they are spitting everything out faster than you can collect it. On the road…
Study: Rate of glacier retreat in Greenland is multiplying
study The pace of glacier retreat in Greenland is multiplying Eternal ice in Scoresby Sound? According to a study, Greenland’s glaciers are melting at an accelerated rate. photo © Chris…
Dispute in Sölden over renovation work on the edge of the glacier for the Ski World Cup
As of: October 28, 2023 1:36 p.m The first ski races of the season will take place in Sölden at the weekend. But the start of the World Cup is…
Watzmann Glacier: Glaciologist only gives the ice a few more years – Bavaria
According to glaciologist Christoph Mayer, the melting Watzmann glacier only has a few years left to go. The expert from the Bavarian Academy of Sciences said that it is easy…
Climate change: The glaciers are disappearing
In Switzerland, the glaciers are shrinking at an ever-increasing rate: by ten percent of their ice volume in the last two years alone. How researchers measure loss – and what…
The melting of a “miniature” glacier reveals an old pink backpack, investigation at high altitude
A mustard pod and some medicines expired since “the late 1980s”. For now, here are the only tangible clues available to trace the owner of a flashy pink backpack found…