Global warming may melt some glaciers in Austria in 10-15 years:
Glaciologist Bernhard Zagel warns some glaciers around Salzburg have already lost half their ice ...
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Salzburg: Some glaciers could disappear within 10 to 15 yearsBernhard Zagel says the Stubacher Sonnblickkees lost 45 million cubic metres of ice, half its mass, in 25 years.
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- Researchers are currently surveying Salzburg’s glaciers; complete measurements are unavailable, but renewed mass loss has been observed.
- Bernhard Zagel says eight to nine hours of sunshine can reduce the glacier’s height by around ten centimetres.
- The Stubacher Sonnblickkees, at 2,700 metres, lost 45 million cubic metres of ice, half its mass, over 25 years.
- Zagel warns that glaciers may barely be visible in 10 to 15 years, possibly leaving only small ice patches.
I assume that in ten years you won't be able to see a glacier anymore. We may still see small patches of ice but based on what we know about the geometry of the glacier, we can actually say with great certainty that we will hardly see them in the next 10 to 15 years,— Bernhard Zagel, glacier researcher at the University of Salzburg
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