experts say we re at a turning point there s less snow less ice and glaziers are retreating. it won t be long before the alps as we know them no longer exist. i ve. stagings day. in spring 2018 the mood in the glazier 3000 ski resort in switzerland was euphoric even among scientists
westerlund our measurement showed that in 2018 snow cover was well above average. and there wasn t quite as much snow depth everywhere and switzerland as there was here but it doesn t look like there was perhaps as much as 50 percent more than an a normal year sent me ya. ya. latinos 1st we ll be back in autumn. there are plenty of people who see the healthy snow fall as proof that climate change is a mess. but in europe s high mountain ranges the evidence is all around in italy switzerland austria slovenia and germany. the environmental research station she found her house is located just beneath the peak of the. it s the highest altitude research post in germany for professor
switzerland but everywhere. the cracks are showing literally in the alpine itll. today the students are visiting screes slopes it wasn t long ago that these were covered in snow all year round. europe s highest mountain regions i highly sensitive to climate change they react to the slightest rise in temperature by even a 10th of a degree to any extended period without rain to every interference in nature with dramatic consequences. the temperature is rising and then there s a lot of activities of which any were going to hurt so basically it s hard these that are going to lead us even more worse in the future for example if you re using fields if you found it on the planet it s going to affect the not only the
he says steep and dangerous climb back out a unique experience. it might not be possible to do this in the foreseeable future . those mock up with nothing actually makes me think if you bear in mind that researchers say that none of this will be here any more in 90 years time. we are all more glaciers maybe that s pretty tragic isn t it this is turning into me even with that all to show. the arch glance here in valet switzerland is the largest in the out. 20 kilometers long and in parts nearly one kilometer think. of a from the swiss federal institute of technology in zurich is researching this
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