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'Glacier wrapping' to prevent summer melt....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4533945.stm
"Cloak protects glacier from sun Workers at Gemsstock believe others will copy their technique Workers at a Swiss ski resort have wrapped part of a retreating glacier in reflective sheeting to protect it, they say, from global warming. The Gurschen glacier, nearly 3,000m (10,000ft) above sea level, is melting like many others worldwide, with the worst damage done in summer. " see link for rest...... |
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" cupra" wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4533945.stm "Cloak protects glacier from sun Workers at Gemsstock believe others will copy their technique Workers at a Swiss ski resort have wrapped part of a retreating glacier in reflective sheeting to protect it, they say, from global warming. The Gurschen glacier, nearly 3,000m (10,000ft) above sea level, is melting like many others worldwide, with the worst damage done in summer. " see link for rest...... http://service.spiegel.de/cache/inte...,357366,00.htm 'tree' skiing anyone ? |
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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:21:41 +0100, funkraum
wrote: " cupra" wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4533945.stm "Cloak protects glacier from sun Workers at Gemsstock believe others will copy their technique Workers at a Swiss ski resort have wrapped part of a retreating glacier in reflective sheeting to protect it, they say, from global warming. The Gurschen glacier, nearly 3,000m (10,000ft) above sea level, is melting like many others worldwide, with the worst damage done in summer. " see link for rest...... http://service.spiegel.de/cache/inte...,357366,00.htm Err, you mean http://service.spiegel.de/cache/inte...357366,00.html 'tree' skiing anyone ? Interesting, but by no means surprising (at least, it doesn't surprise me) to learn that glaciers go through periodic growth and shrinkage periods. Well duh! -- Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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In message , Ace
writes Workers at Gemsstock believe others will copy their technique Workers at a Swiss ski resort have wrapped part of a retreating glacier in reflective sheeting to protect it, they say, from global warming. The Gurschen glacier, nearly 3,000m (10,000ft) above sea level, is melting like many others worldwide, with the worst damage done in summer. " 'tree' skiing anyone ? Interesting, but by no means surprising (at least, it doesn't surprise me) to learn that glaciers go through periodic growth and shrinkage periods. Well duh! The real problem is that as no snow's persisting over the summer, glacier level is now 20m below the cable station so skiers can't get onto the glacier. So rather than grovel around each autumn to samm up enough snow for a ramp, they're wrapping last year's ramp in a rescue blanket to prevent it melting. That's *so* Swiss! -- Sue ]8( |
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