Speaking of snow, which I did in my last post, glaciers in Switzerland are melting faster.
If you didn't know or suspect that was what was happening, then you aren't paying attention or you're a Trump voter. If you're a Trump voter, you probably think that this is all made up anyway.
It's not.
OK, so what was the good news? A chihuahua helped rescuers find a hiker that fell into a crevasse. I'm glad the hiker is OK. Great. Won't do much for the melting glaciers, though.
There’s Some Good News and Some Really Bad News Coming Out of Switzerland
"The Swiss Alps began retreating 170 years ago, but the loss has accelerated in recent years due to climate change. The 1,400 glaciers in Switzerland have shrunk to less than half their size in the last 85 years"Comparison pictures of that loss are in this article: In pictures: Swiss glaciers have shrunk by half in 85 years - and the melt is speeding up
You can watch a famous glacier in Switzerland here, in real time, when the sun is shining there:
The Grindelwald glacier (below) has retreated and split into several lobes.
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