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Switzerland has lost 10% of its glaciers in just two years in 'catastrophic' ice melt, study shows (news.sky.com)

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[–] venji10@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And in Austria, some people just blew up part of a glacier to make room for a ski tournament. (sorry, no english source)

afaik they are important for the water supply of rivers in spring

[–] tal@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I expect that the ice will still be melting wherever they put it. And according to the article, what they put in its place is snow on crushed rock, so that'll probably be melting too.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

The problem is that this melts in a few weeks in spring.

So we get flooding in spring and drought in autumn - instead of a nice steady flow from early spring to late autumn. The glaciers are irreplaceable.