so, in summer and autumn, you can often find me with my boots on, trudging around the highlands of scotland, looking for the last vestiges of the winter snow. the amount of times that all snow s vanishing is increasing. the sphinx patch of snow britain s most durable has disappeared really quite a lot in the last couple of decades. so, it disappeared first of all in 1933 for the first time in known history, then in 1959, again in 1996, 2003, 2006, 2017, 2018 and finally this year, 2021. so, you can see the direction of travel. the snows are disappearing earlier and they re disappearing more often. it seems inconceivable that climate change hasn t had a significant impact on this.
iain cameron has been documenting scotland s snow patches for 25 years. i asked him why he does it and what he s discovered tells us about the impact of climate change in these highlands. the snow that i look at is a relic, or they are relics, of previous winters falls and they persist on the varied gullies and cliffs on the shaded gullies and cliffs of the scottish highlands well into summer and often beyond. in fact, some persist right through the year. so, in summer and autumn, you can often find me with my boots on trudging around the highlands of scotland, looking for the last vestiges of the winter snow. the amount of times that all snow s vanishing is increasing. the sphinx patch of snow britain s most durable has disappeared really quite a lot in the last couple of decades. so, it disappeared first of all in 1933 for the first time in known history, then in 1959. again in 1996, 2003, 2006, 2017,
the snow that i look at is a relic, or they are relics, of previous winters falls and they persist on the varied gullies and cliffs of the scottish highlands well into summer and often beyond. in fact, some persist right through the year. so in summer and autumn you can often find me with my boots on trudging around the highlands of scotland, looking for the last vestiges of the winter snow. the amount of times that all snow s vanishing is increasing. the sphinx patch of snow britain s most durable has disappeared really quite a lot in the last couple of decades. so it disappeared first of all in 1933 for the first time in known history, then in 1959. again in 1996, 2003, 2006, 2017, 2018 and finally this year, 2021. so you can see the direction of travel. the snows are disappearing earlier
years, with the majority of these meltings happening since 2000. iain cameron has been documenting scotland s snow patches for 25 years. i asked him why he does it and what he s discovered tells us about the impact of climate change in these highlands. the snow that i look at is a relic, or they are relics, of previous winters falls and they persist on the varied gullies and cliffs on the shaded gullies and cliffs of the scottish highlands well into summer and often beyond. in fact, some persist right through the year. so, in summer and autumn, you can often find me with my boots on trudging around the highlands of scotland, looking for the last vestiges of the winter snow. the amount of times that all snow s vanishing is increasing. the sphinx patch of snow britain s most durable has disappeared really quite a lot in the last couple of decades.
snow s vanishing is increasing. the sphinx patch of snow britain s most durable has disappeared really quite a lot in the last couple of decades. so, it disappeared first of all in 1933 for the first time in known history, then in 1959. again in 1996, 2003, 2006, 2017, 2018 and finally this year, 2021. so, you can see the direction of travel. the snows are disappearing earlier and they re disappearing more often. it seems inconceivable that climate change hasn t had a significant impact on this. whether it can be wholly attributed to that, i don t know it s not my competence. however, it seems absolutely logical to ascribe the increasing disappearance, at least in significant part, to climate change. i think that s a safe assumption.