Mont-Blanc Grows in Size from 2001 as Reported by Scientists
28/12/2008 14:29
on: Traveling
New precise Global Positioning System readings carried out on the 16-17th Oct have established that Mount Blanc numbers 4810.7 metres. Mont Blanc is covered by a dense icecap which has augmented by 2.15 metres in barely 2 yrs but more suprisingly the mass of the snow and ice has nearly doubled . Least ways that is according to the professionals.
The amount of snow and ice was computed for the maiden time in 2001. It worked out to be 14600 cubic meters higher up than 4780 metres. It was just 13600 metres cubed in 2003 perhaps owing to the heat wave with positive temperature as high as 4850 meters alt. All the same the ice-cap has just about increased twofold since then and nowadays equals 25000 meters cubed.
Chamonix Mont Blanc’s renowned near by weather man Wanda Anderson explained the development in the scale of the ice-cap is one of the contrary consequences of climate change: Snow has not increased overall in the French Alps but with the climate change we’re seeing a lot of hot westerly winds that bring rain at lower altitudes but during summertime this means significant snow that rests higher up than 3600 meters height therefore the mass bulk of the icecap is expanding. Counterpoint this to the state of affairs during wintertime where snow crystals are extremely cold and are moved by air currents so don’t rest on the summit.
