lswcapThe possibility of the collapse of a glacier located in the northwest of the Italian Alps is increasing. On September 25th, scientists observing the Grand Jorasses glacier sounded the alarm. 25 10 000 m 3 that there are chunks of ice that threatened to collapse avalanches may occur. It threatens those who are hiking or traveling down the road. The cause is of course climate change.
This glacier is in the form of a steep glacier sticking to the valley, so another glacier supported it from below. However, as this glacier shrunk, the glacier above it could not withstand. Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps, means white mountain, but the reality is that this white color is gradually decreasing.
It is said that the possibility of such a glacial collapse is high. In Switzerland, glaciers to be lost are increasing. Research suggests that the Alpine glacier surface area may be halved in the middle of this century.
When all of the ice melts, the sea level rises. According to one report, glaciers other than Greenland and Antarctica also affected sea level rise from 2006 to 2015 by a third. This can be terrible for low-lying cities and islanders, where sea level rise can be the worst result. Related information can be found here .
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