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Glacier Retreat & Local climate - can we help?
 Poster: A snowHead
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https://e-zeppelin.ro/en/mortalive-project-bringing-ice-stupas-from-the-himalayas-into-the-alps/

Just steering the thread back towards the original sentiment a little, I saw this today which is interesting. If the Swiss can take the ice stupa idea and tune it to suit Alpine glaciers, that could be something worth watching.

I welcome and recognise the input of those who take the big picture approach and point us towards a less wasteful existence, but the realist in me says that we have to (if we want to save/try to save glaciers) find some interim solutions that do not bank on large-scale changes in human behaviour. We need the latter too, but I fear it a slow process.

Anyone spot any other Alpine areas investigating the stupa concept?
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fertilization-greening-earth

Quote:
Every year, about half of the 10 billion tons of carbon emitted into the atmosphere from human activities remains temporarily stored, in about equal parts, in the oceans and plants.


50%.... Remarkable.

Makes you wonder why we give subsidy to chop down forests in North America and then ship the wood pellets to fire 'renewable' power stations....

https://www.pellet.org/wpac-news/drax-fires-up-biomass-power
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Just stating the obvious, but I’m pleased that all of this heavy snow must be bulking-up the glaciers. I wonder if anyone can tell me if having the snow all dump down in quick succession is better for compaction/consolidation than the same amount spread out across a number of weeks? Surely this weather must be optimal for glacier repair, other than perhaps the high winds blowing snow off the mountain?
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This once-a-decade snowfall is nowhere near enough to repair the battered Alpine glaciers.

It will need 30 or 40 years of snowfalls every year like this one to repair them back to even 1970s-levels.

The extra snow just means glacier skiing this year should be pretty good up until at least June or July. Beyond that date, the Winter snow will make little difference. It will continue to be scorching hot in the Alps over Summer 2018 and that is what does much of the melting damage every year. We hiked up to ~4000m in Chamonix just this August and water was pouring off the glaciers morning, noon and night.
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