Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Italian Alps - Medclivar
Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Italian Alps - Medclivar
Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Italian Alps - Medclivar
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Mounta<strong>in</strong> <strong>glacier</strong>s, ma<strong>in</strong>ly composed by ice at <strong>the</strong> melt<strong>in</strong>g temperature,are particularly sensitive to climate changes, respond<strong>in</strong>g with variations<strong>in</strong> length and volume. S<strong>in</strong>ce late 19th century, <strong>glacier</strong> frontal <strong>fluctuations</strong>have been considered as proxy of climate changes. . The spectacularretreat of mounta<strong>in</strong> <strong>glacier</strong>s <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> last three decades is considered as<strong>the</strong> most clear and conv<strong>in</strong>c<strong>in</strong>g evidence of global warm<strong>in</strong>g.1985Recession of Morteratsch Glacier (CH) between 1985 and 20072007Source: : J. Alean, SwissEduc (www.swisseduc.chwww.swisseduc.ch) / Glaciers onl<strong>in</strong>e (www.<strong>glacier</strong>swww.<strong>glacier</strong>s-onl<strong>in</strong>e.netonl<strong>in</strong>e.net).
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