Four Students Test Lamb's Wool on a Glacier and Stop the Melting
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Between June and September 2026, four university students promoted the project "Keep It Wool", which covered part of the 3000 glacier with sheep wool, in Les Diablerets, canton of Vaud, Switzerland, to check whether this natural material can slow the thaw as well as the usual synthetic coverings. On June 22, two ... Continue reading "Four Swiss students cover a glacier of the Alps with 200 m2 of sheep wool and in 3 months discover that they have…
The trial was carried out between June and September 2026 on the 3000 glacier, in Les Diablerets, in the Swiss canton of
On the Tsanfleuron Glacier, wool blankets held up better than their manufacturer had expected. Wool blankets are an alternative to synthetic covers, which can leave microplastics in the meltwater. The article Four students replaced the plastic on a Swiss glacier with sheep's wool, and the measurements surprised even the researchers appeared first on Duurzaamnieuws.
Biodegradable blankets have reduced summer ice melt by more than half and at the same time offered a solution to the problem of accumulating discarded wool.
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