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The biggest climate risks in Switzerland are calculated: heat and drought will get worse by 2060.
Experts warn of an increase in Glacier-related risks from climate change
Weather experts have warned of an increase in Glacier-related risks from climate change. Glacier-related risks are becoming a global reality, says Celeste Saulo, head of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
The Swiss Alps, where a collapsed glacier has wiped out a village, are under constant camera surveillance. “Thanks to that surveillance, 300 people left in time, although there will always be a risk,” says scientist Christophe Lambiel.
The Alpine region seems to be particularly affected by climate change - with far-reaching consequences: "The local glacier landscape, as we know it today, will no longer be visible from Innsbruck in 2050," explained Glaziologist Andrea Fischer in the APA conversation on the edge of the "Alpine Climate Summit" on the Zugspitze. The scientist of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) also referred to the increasing instability in the high mountain…
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