A historical perspective on glacial retreat
Researchers around Daniel Farinotti, D-BAUG Professor for Glaciology, have for the first time reconstructed the extent of Switzerland’s glacier ice loss in the 20th century. For this purpose, the researchers used historical imagery and conclude that the country’s glaciers lost half their volume between 1931 and 2016.
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Original publication:
Schytt Mannerfelt E, Dehecq A, Hugonnet R, Hodel E, Huss M, Bauder A, Farinotti D.
external page Halving of Swiss glacier volume since 1931 observed from terrestrial image photogrammetry
The Cryosphere (2022), doi: 10.5194/tc-16-3249-2022
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