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Austrian glaciers disintegrating due to climate change, say scientists

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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Scientists are warning that glaciers in the Austrian Alps are not just shrinking, but are disintegrating, because of climate change. The latest report on glaciers by the Austrian Alpine Club say they "continue to shrink dramatically in length, area and volume". "Many glaciers are not only shrinking in length but are increasingly entering a phase of structural disintegration," said Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer from the University of Graz. "Exposed rock ledges, sections of ice breaking away and glacier tongues collapsing in on themselves are increasingly shaping the landscape." In its annual report, the Austrian Alpine Club, said 94 out of the 96 glaciers that it measured over the past year in Austria, had shrunk. The report said the most badly affected glaciers during this period were the Alpeiner Ferner glacier in Tyrol which shrunk by 114.3m and the Stubacher Sonnblickkees in the province of Salzburg, which lost 103.9m in length. Austria's largest glacier, the Pasterze in Carinthia, also continues to shrink.…

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