Category : Climate Change | Location : International | Posted on 2022-07-26 02:35:33
Normally, he heads down this path on the massive Morteratsch Glacier in late September, the end of the summer melt season in the Alps. But exceptionally high ice loss this year has brought him to this 15-square-kilometer (5.8-square-mile) amphitheatre of ice two months early for emergency maintenance work.
The measuring poles he uses to track changes in the depth of the pack are at risk of dislodging entirely as the ice melts away and he needs to drill new holes.
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/climate-change-strikes-glaciers-vanishing-at-record-rate-in-alps-after-heatwaves-1980094-2022-07-26
