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Alpine avalanches increase as glaciers melt

Clemens Verenkotte
February 21, 2019

Austria’s Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics is the oldest measuring station of its kind in the world. New monitoring equipment installed on the region’s highest peaks shows glaciers are retreating massively – and the risk of avalanches is continuously increasing, as the world warms.

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