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It is far too late to save the Alpine glaciers. And now, the dangers caused by tons of melting ice are rising sharply. Every year, climate change is destroying two of the currently 70 square kilometers of glaciers left in the Alps.
The permafrost in the Alps is thawing, and transforming what used to be sturdy slopes into loose screes. In addition, climate change is leading to significantly more extreme weather conditions every year, while heavy rainfall causes serious erosion. The result: avalanches and landslides like those in Bondo, Switzerland, or Valsertal in Austria.
In Switzerland, residential areas are shrinking as people are forced to leave their homes forever. The disappearance of glaciers as water reservoirs is already posing a major problem. Farmers in Engadine, who have been using meltwater for irrigation for centuries, are already facing water shortages. Last summer, they had to rely on helicopters to transport water to their herds in the Grison Alps. Above all, alpine villages depend on winter tourism to survive. Yet experts are forecasting that by mid-century, there will only be enough natural snow left to ski above 2,000 meters, which will spell out the end for about 70 percent of the ski resorts in the Eastern Alps. But instead of developing alternatives, lots of money is still being invested in ski tourism. Snow cannon are used to defy climate change, and artificial snow systems are under construction at ever higher altitudes. As usual, it’s the environment that is set to lose as the unique alpine landscape is further destroyed by soil compaction and erosion. Some municipalities are now working on new models of alpine tourism for the future. As global temperatures continue to rise, the cooler mountain regions will become increasingly attractive for tourists, especially in the summer.
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Not only fossils fuel but also gravitational alinement of the neighboring planets…….
90 years? Nope. Within the next 5-10-15-20 years. Exponential, as we've seen this summer.
Well as the Alps are technically part of the same range as the Himalayas in South Asia, there as well the ºThird Poleº is drastically dwindling! There ar )or were= about 15 thousand glaciers in the Himalaya range and are now just like the western end, the Alps, are melting at an alarming rate. This is scary it shall come soon that the First and Second Pole (Artic and Antartic respectively are melting at an alarming rate as well, that this planet shanºt have any glaciers remaining at all! SCARY situation!
Start speaking about 2050 or even 2030. Other use, nobody will care!
“Mega cool” translates to really cool !? 🤣
The Earth has been warming for 20,000 years. 20K years ago Detroit had a mile of ice set on it. Climate change is a natural event that is not driven by CO2 in the atmosphere.
Every 200,000 years or so there is a Global Warmiing followed by a mini Ice Age. I think thats how this old world can clean itself up. We need more science into Global Warming. More ways to protect our species from what might be just around the corner. Maybe to stop using fossil fuel is'nt the only answer. We need to slow down Global Warming any way we can. Meanwhile find a safe way to live with it as we can't control Nature. Stronger, Reusable Solar Panels might actually happen..
O no its global climate man bear pig all over again. In the 70s it was a global ice age. Then it became the melting ice caps. They will continue to pidh this bs along with the global elitist control.
What a load of shit.
What B.S
total rubbish and made up nonsense. however if it were true there is absolutely nothing anyone can do about it . Climate change is a given , and you are talking about the weather.
The weather changes all the time…and that includes melting of glacier ice caps…and guess what they expand in other places while melting in others…bc the planets weather system is always changing. It always has and always will change. The globalists only want to use cc to restructure the western world with totalitarian policies to benefit the left (big government) and big corporations. All tree huggers please read the policies of the WEF and the Great Reset. That is your reality check for the day. Your welcome. Thanks and vote conservative
im just here for my homework
All this CO2, It's killing us. Humans account for 331,098,800 tons of exhaled CO2 a year. The real problem, it's not killing us fast enough.
Greetings from Australia.❤😊
Drought of average 3 to 7 years are a cyclic occurrence in my country.
Many farmer committ suicide due to the ongoing stress.
We also have regular summer bush fires.
Our native koala population has been devastating by loss of habitat due to fires.
Many burn in the fires. They climb higher in the tree trying to survive.
Australian now adopt koalas to save the unique species.
I live on the east cost of Oz.
The La Nina will bring excessive heat this summer.
Candles melt like butter.
I feel for all the countries affective in this documentary.
Sad really, and we did it to ourselves.
When are we going to make real changes on fossil fuels?
The land is arid, yet the British colonies settled beef and sheep here.
Glaciers are not disappearing.
CO2 is not a problem, necessary for life.
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Climate lies matter
Climate fraud is real.
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Follow the money, as always.
Can someone buy a special climat situation, f.e. if they need rain, the rain?
Something about that was written in news papers over 10 years ago
Hardly, The Alps are the mountains themselves which aren't going to disintegrate.
We don't know! It might be heat technology already tested! It's a reverse of Ahogs
The profound impact of climate change on the Alpine glaciers and the surrounding ecosystem is deeply concerning. This documentary highlights the urgent need for sustainable solutions and responsible tourism practices. Thank you for shedding light on this critical issue.
the earth goes thru normal cycles of warming and cooling. We have been EXITING the last ice age for 12ky, so OF COURSE THE EARTH IS WARMING. Man has nothing to do with this (but he should quit polluting his lands, air and waters).
As for your documentary, so the alps are made entirely of ice? Who knew…
The alps are going nowhere, but the ski lodges are gonna lose business. c'est la vie…
The main causes of climate change is the polluted from our daily use of machines and engines , why i say so because during lockdown i experienced the climate of my childhood, clear blue sky, regular rainfall, fresh air no dirty smokes from the vehicles, factory, industries many of us witnessed this it
THOSE WHO CARE, HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS COMING FOR 50 YEARS AND THOSE WHO DON'T …REALLY DON'T!!!
What about All of the CO2 constantly coming from the Volcanos erupting?
They put more CO2 out than all of the Humans have since industrial growth happened.
What are you gonna do about that????!.
So much for climate change theories caused by humans .What about those Peskyyyyy Volcanos?????? 🤨🤔🤔🤔🧐🙄🙄🤫🤫🤫
I’m from the Italian alps, I don’t believe ONE word about those people that talking about clima change!!! Please do your own research and get those liars out!!!
Is time to use the brain!!!