We’re losing the Aletsch Glacier, the largest in the Alps, to climate change. 20 kilometres long and 80 square kilometres large, the glacier, located in Switzerland, has already retreated by 3 kilometres since 1870 and is melting increasingly rapidly.
In the best case scenario, its volume will halve by 2100, and according to the gravest predictions, this vast expanse of ice will disappear almost entirely by the end of the century.
Losing the Aletsch would mean saying goodbye to all Alpine glaciers.
The future depends on us: if we slow down global warming we can stop the Aletsch from melting completely, and prevent the Alps from losing their frozen heart. Only we can rewrite its fate.
By Francesco Bassetti, Marta Cavallari and Mara Budgen
A LifeGate production
Supported by Muse, GLAMOS, CGI, WGMS, The Outdoor Manifesto
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15 сен 2024