Tag: glaciers
Could access to the glaciers of the Alps and the high mountains be prohibited this summer?
“It was amazing, I didn’t recognize at all a route on the north face that I had climbed last summer. During his ten ascents in thirteen days of peaks over…
Will certain streets be named after glaciers that have collapsed?
Is it a proposal that will be formulated at a future municipal council or a simple idea launched on the fly? In Lyon, the deputy in charge of public spaces,…
Glaciers in the Alps: Pasterze could break – knowledge
The longest glacier in the Eastern Alps, the Pasterze, is apparently facing a fateful summer. The lower part of the largest Austrian glacier is only connected to the upper one…
Glaciers Pope, Smith and Kohler are melting faster than expected – Knowledge
Pope, Smith and Kohler: These three glaciers in West Antarctica have probably not been heard of until now, as they are overshadowed by their large neighbors – the Thwaites and…
Mount Everest: Climate change threatens summit glaciers
Status: 05.02.2022 5:36 p.m Until now, little was known about how climate change affects the highest regions of the world. A study now shows the consequences – using the example…
Climate crisis: time-lapse shows how quickly Iceland’s glaciers are melting
See in the video: Six weeks in 25 seconds – time lapse shows how Iceland’s glaciers are melting Shocking footage from Iceland: This time-lapse video shows how fast global warming…
Melting glaciers in Italy: almost nothing but gray ice with dirt
Status: 04.11.2021 6:27 p.m. One of the largest glaciers in Italy is located on Adamello. Due to climate change, it is shrinking noticeably. This has many consequences for the communities…
These viral photos of a glacier a century apart are “the perfect illustration of the retreat of glaciers”
Spectacular images, witnesses of the retreat of glaciers on our planet. A black and white photo showing a man in a rowboat in front of an ice cream parlor is…
Decrease of 750 km2 in twenty years of the country’s glaciers
The Vatna Glacier in Iceland, October 4, 2019 (illustration). – Shi Shang / Costfoto / Sipa USA / SI There is something to raise once again the alarm signal of…
The melting of the world’s glaciers is accelerating, in twenty years they have lost 4% of their volume
In the Alps, during the last two decades, the glaciers – here that of Argentière – have lost a third of their volume. – KONRAD K. / SIPA A new…