Tag: glaciers
Austria’s glaciers could be gone in 45 years – Panorama
According to experts, Austria’s glaciers have shrunk extremely in the past two years and, in their opinion, will have practically disappeared in a few decades. “In 40 to 45 years,…
“For some small glaciers, life expectancy is less than ten years”
He focused on studying “small glaciers”, those located in the bottoms of glacial valleys in the Alps and which are “almost unknown to everyone”. Frédéric Mathieu has just launched a…
Climate change: New Zealand’s glaciers are melting
As of: March 25, 2024 9:06 a.m New Zealand’s glaciers are an important source of meltwater for rivers and lakes – and also a tourist attraction. But scientists fear that…
Climate: New Zealand’s glaciers are melting
climate New Zealand’s glaciers are melting The Fox Glacier in New Zealand. photo © Rebekah Lyell/dpa New Zealand is famous for its glaciers. But global warming has destroyed much of…
Climate change: Study: Africa’s glaciers are shrinking sharply
Climate change Study: Africa’s glaciers are shrinking sharply A herd of elephants roams across a plain at sunrise in Amboseli National Park. In the background: Kilimanjaro. photo © Ben Curtis/AP/dpa…
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…
Climate change: Glaciers about to melt – breathing space in the “dying process”
Climate change Glaciers before melting – breathing space in the “dying process” Scree and remnants of snow lie on the Höllentalferner below the Zugspitze. photo © Angelika Warmuth/dpa Climate change…
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…
Beneath melting glaciers, new lands to protect
The Tré-la-Tête glacier, in the Mont-Blanc massif, is no exception. Like so many others around the world, it has continued to melt in recent years. The fourth largest glacier in…
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…