Being up high in the world of glaciers is one of my favourite places to be. From the Eigergletscher (Eiger Glacier) rail station, one can just sit there for hours and watch the various glaciers in just one view. If you go up to the Jungfraujoch, you can marvel at the heritage protected Aletsch arena of glaciers spilling out before you.
We are all a bit wobblily on the issue of climate change since we mostly feel that our small contribution of reducing our carbon footprint and use of plastics and so forth, seems to be meniscal in comparison to these ginormous and gorgeous glaciers that really are shrinking. GLAMOS (www.glamos.ch) regularly produce updated glacier inventories. Climate change is real. In the last 5 years or so, the Eiger Glacier has lost some length and thickness. https://www.glamos.ch/factsheet#/A54m-03 In 1928 The Eiger Glacier was measured to have an area around 2.62 km2. In 1973 the glacier had an area of 2.13 km2. In 2011, it covers an area of 1.54 km2 and is 2.59 km long . The relative area reduction is 30%. Photos are: left 31 07 2015 and right 21 08 2020 Source: SwissGlaciers.org |
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