Etiket: glaciers
Glaciers in the Alps will lose up to two-thirds of their volume by 2050 | Science & Planet
The researchers from the universities of Grenoble, Lausanne and Zurich calculated different scenarios. In a first scenario, which assumes an (unrealistic) end to warming in 2022, the glaciers will calve…
Greenland glaciers are melting faster than thought: enough to raise sea levels by two meters | Abroad
Since 1978, three ice shelves have completely collapsed. According to the researchers, these do not really contribute to a higher sea level, but they did serve as a dam for…
Alpine glaciers have never melted as quickly as last year, says UN
Europe’s Alpine glaciers have melted faster in the past year than ever before, the United Nations says. More than 60 percent of water reservoirs have experienced an inflow less than…
Snow shortages and record temperatures are causing Swiss glaciers to melt ‘dramatically’
The Swiss glaciers are melting at a record pace. In 2022, the glaciers will have lost more than 6 percent of their volume compared to the previous year. That is…
Swiss vote in referendum for stricter climate policy to save melting glaciers
Switzerland residents on Sunday approved a climate policy that should protect the country’s glaciers, which are melting at a worrying rate. In a referendum, just under 60 percent voted in…
Switzerland decides whether to reduce oil and gas consumption alarmed by the melting of its glaciers
The Swiss, who feel the impact of global warming in the accelerated thaw his glaciersvote this Sunday on a new climate law that seeks to lead the country to the…
Glaciers at risk: the first manual for families is here
THE glaciers at risk they are the indicator of the climate emergency, their thinning weakens the territories on which they rely. And the planet as a whole, because with their…
Half of glaciers in 2100 disappeared at 1.5 degrees of warming | Environment
“Every degree increase in temperature results in more melting and lost glaciers,” study co-author Regine Hock of the Universities of Oslo and Alaska summarizes the study. The 1.5 degree warming…
The following pandemic will probably be caused by smelting glaciers, such as wetenschappers | Wetenschap
The following pandemic is not considered to be due to a virus of bacteria which is likely to occur by birds. Vermoedelijk zullen smeltende gletsjers de grote boosdoener zijn, zo…
Germany has lost one of its five glaciers due to warm summer | Abroad
Germany officially has one less glacier. After the warm summer, the Southern Schneeferner has lost its status as a glacier, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences announced on Monday. Georadar measurements…