Tag: melting
Study on the climate crisis: is every second glacier melting away?
Status: 06.01.2023 09:10 a.m At least half of the world’s glaciers will disappear by the end of the century, a new study predicts. But there is room for manoeuvre. However,…
Travel book to the Arctic: In the melting ice of Greenland – Travel
Of Irene Helmes A human awakens. Somehow manages to get up and do the morning routine. The highlight: hot coffee. After work he drags himself to dinner, exhausted but also…
Climate change: from Alaska to the Alps – the ice is melting
The eternal ice in the Bering Sea and on the glaciers of the Swiss Alps suddenly no longer seems eternal – and people who actually live thousands of kilometers apart…
NASA at the origin of a study which refutes the melting of the ice in Antarctica?
As all the world’s great leaders gathered for the past two weeks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for COP27, a strange rumor resurfaced: Antarctica would gain nearly 112 billion tons of…
WMO report on global climate: Melting glaciers, rising sea levels
Status: 11/06/2022 4:11 p.m In its climate report, the World Meteorological Organization lists alarming developments: Recently, there have been record highs in the warming of the oceans, the melting of…
“We must remain measured” on the risk of “viral overflow” linked to the melting of the ice
The news is chilling. What if, freed from its icy cocoon by global warming, the future Covid-19 came to us from the Far North? At first glance, it is the…
Antarctic researcher Stefanie Arndt on the melting polar ice caps
She is only 33 years old and has already undertaken nine expeditions to the Antarctic: Sea ice researcher Stefanie Arndt is investigating how global warming is changing the polar regions…
Swiss glaciers are melting faster than ever
Ordinarily, Swiss glaciers are the image of the cliché that sticks to the skin of the Helvetians: they take their time. A melting of 2% of the volume over one…
Climate change: Swiss glaciers are melting like never before
Status: 09/28/2022 11:34 a.m 2022 was catastrophic for Swiss glaciers: According to scientists, they lost more than six percent of their ice volume. This exceeds all previous highs. There are…
Glacier in Tyrol: The Hintereisferner is melting faster than ever
Status: 09/02/2022 11:39 a.m The Hintereisferner is one of the most scientifically studied glaciers in the Alps. Researchers at the University of Innsbruck are sounding the alarm: the glacier has…