Alpes face melting ice

The ice on the Alpes Mountains in Switzerland wears a few tens of centimeters each year. Predictably, this ice will melt completely in 2050.

West of the Alps comes from France, and runs through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, and the East extends to Austria.

(Photo: skitour.fr) Roland scientist of the Institute of Ecology at Innsbruck University, Austria after the study has discovered, the volume of ice on this mountain is reduced to about 3% annually, the thickness of the ice every year also decreases by 1m. If the ice sheets on Alps keep melting at the current rate, only a large part of the ice will be melted by 2037.

The average thickness of the ice on the current Alps is about 30m, and it can be confirmed that there will be no new ice formation. The Swiss authorities have also conducted preliminary measurements, in 2004, the average thickness of the ice layer has decreased by 70cm, in 2005 about 60cm.

From the 80s to the present, the average thickness of this ice has decreased by 9.6m. The world ice surveillance station is located in Zufu, Switzerland has watched 30 ice floors in nine major ice mountains in the world and finds that the ice is still melting.

Because one of the major causes of climate change in the world is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted too much from human life, an Austrian car club has called on members to walk or ride. pedal when going to work. This club said that the owners can completely walk or sledge to avoid environmental pollution.

Every year, Alpes is also the convergence of ski lovers from all over the world, generating millions of dollars in revenue for the local tourism industry. If the amount of snow decreases, of course, the development of tourism will also be affected.

So, in order to protect the Alps, some European environmentalists also proposed to cancel the World Ski Cup to protect the snow on the Alps.

Tuyet Nhung