The eternal ice on the Dachstein suffers enormously from the dry winter of this year and if Peter does not quickly deliver a heavenly stock, then the glacial scarf year threatens to start with a good min. Because there is a lack of snow, the life of the glaciers’ life . Who also loses the substance every day with ice cold.
“A meter of snow does not help the glacier”-Klaus Reinguber of the Meteorology Service “Blue Sky” in Attnang-Puchheim looks at the Dachstein glacier, which he investigates to the state of Upper Austria. Because the clock ticks, even if the glacial year year lasts until 1 May before the balance is drawn. “But we still need at least two meters of snow, so that we do not start the new year negatively,” the Glacier researcher makes a request to Peter.
Record Snowfall has long since disappeared
Because this year is simply too dry, a third of up to 58 percent of the usual precipitation in the upper Austria is missing. “Nothing helps that there was a record snow in September. This snow has long since disappeared and did not meet much in a ratio, ”Reintruber knows the data and knows that there is a maximum of two and a half meters of snow on the Hallstätter glacier – and only where the wind is collected it. There were a maximum of eight meters in snowy winters. “And the glacier lives out of the snow,” explains the glaciologist.
Start without a reserve
And this year the glacier threatens if there are not even strong heavenly stocks – and it is not currently in the weather maps – without courage. The constant cold on the mountains only helps to a limited extent. “The technical term is called sublimation. It evaporates snow and ice, even when it is cold. The drier the air is. A maximum of two centimeters disappear per day, “explains Reinguber, who can look back on 19 years of research in the Hallstatt Glacier this year.
Artificial snow space saved ski season
And how the tow lifts had to be demolished two years ago on the Dachstein glacier because skiing was no longer possible due to the lack of snow. The researchers and meteorologists are convinced that the lifts would have been in almost all ski resorts of Upper Austria this year if there had been no artificial snow. At the moment, however, it seems that the slopes in the higher ski areas will keep the slopes during the semester break, the following week in Upper Austria.
Source: Krone
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