Austria Loses Third of Glacier Area, 95 Glaciers Disappear

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Since the mid-2000s, around a third of the total glacier area has disappeared in the country, and the local glaciers are melting faster and faster.

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++ THEMENBILD ++ The Jamtalferner shows a different picture after three years

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Three years ago, where the glaciologist Andrea Fischer at the Tyrolean Jamtal Glacier was still standing on about 20 meters thick ice, a flower between the scree has now successfully emerged. Since the summer of 2023, the melt has once again taken off powerfully. The researcher sees the country also in view of the record summer on the way towards "deglazing", as she explained to the APA. The effects of the development are widely felt.