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Author: MATTHIAS SCHRADER Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 25/06/2025 | 01:55:18

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Swiss glaciers are monitoring for signs of continued retreat by the majestic masses of ice under the heat of global warming. In recent years, glaciologists have turned to dramatic measures to help protect glaciers like the Rhone Glacier. One of those desperate steps involves using giant sheets to cover the ice like blankets to slow the melt. Switzerland is continental Europe’s glacier capital, with 1,400 that provide drinking water, irrigation for farmland in many parts of Europe. Experts have warned that two-thirds of the world's glaciers are set to disappear by the end of this century Huss says only humans can help save them. "This will not help this very glacier immediately, but it will help all glaciers in the long range," he says. Birch's advance was flowing at about 10 meters (about 30 feet) per day shortly before the collapse. Huss says the landslide was triggered by rocks piling onto the glacier. The main takeaway from the Birch Glacier collapse is that "unexpected things happen"

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