Retreating Alpine cryosphere

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Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW), Munich, Germany

View of the Austrian Vernagtferner from Brochkogeljoch at about 3280 m above sea level. In past times, the voluminous glacier would surge under the force of its own weight into the south-facing glacier valley at the center of the photo. After substantial retreat and thining over the twentieth century, the glacier is currently dissintegrating at the higher parts of the ridge. No future glacier surge is forseen.

Related abstract: EGU2019-1002-1 (Session CR1.1/CL3.07 – Glaciers and ice caps under climate change, room 1.85 on Monday, 08 Apr 2019, 15:30)

Related research: Charalampidis C, Fischer A, Kuhn M, Lambrecht A, Mayer C, Thomaidis K and Weber M (2018) Mass-Budget Anomalies and Geometry Signals of Three Austrian Glaciers. Front. Earth Sci. 6:218. doi:10.3389/feart.2018.00218

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Type Image Format JPG Size 9.3 MB Aspect 6077:1903 Width 12154 px Height 3806 px Panorama Brand Apple Model iPhone 6s Exposure 4 mm f/2.2 1/7692 s ISO 25 Coordinates 46.8828, 10.8425 Tint Purplish white Submitted 12 February 2019 Taken 19 September 2018