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Adamello glacier, lost 3 feet thick in proportion

'' Into During last winter, there were no significant snow accumulation, an average of 300 inches of snow on the glaciers of the eastern Italian Alps, slightly more on the western side. For a low snow accumulation was followed by a particularly hot summer'' that led to melting most of the snow in winter and much of the underlying ice. The largest glacier of Italy'','' one of the Adamello, at 3,000 meters above sea level have lost more than 3 feet thick ice, as well as the winter snow.

Wednesday 3 October 2012 3 minutes reading time

Into A to this report tutt'' nothing but positive Christian Casarotto the Science Museum of Trento: "'' Also this year, therefore, the financial statements of the Italian glaciers are strongly negative: the amount of water lost - has continued Casarotto - melt during the summer'' far exceeds the accumulated snowfall winter. " Into "In the long term - continued Casarotto - with the disappearance of the glacier, we deal with a water crisis. should not be forgotten that many reservoirs used for the production of electricity are filled with glacial melt water. In addition, we are witnessing an increase in hydrogeological instability. With the changes of the glaciers also changes the mountain. " Into To understand the situation and can take part in the events planned in La Planet Earth Week, held October 14 to 21 with 136 events throughout Italy, the Italian Federation of Earth Sciences. Into "Up to October 30, 2012, interested parties may log on to the site and try www.ghiacciaidiunavolta.it in recognition of 75 Italian glaciers immortalized in photographs. Once these mountain ranges - concluded Casarotto - where the glacier belongs, participants should go to the site and photograph from the same vantage point. The photographic comparison between the historical and current images of glaciers, portrayed by the same geographical location, is a method of research useful to conduct qualitative assessments of the state of health of our glaciers.

Rino Galeno

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