Hallstätter Glacier Is Probably in Five Years' History

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The "eternal" ice seems to have its name wrong: for many years the glaciers have been melting around the world – at an ever faster pace. This is particularly good on the Hallstätter glacier, where according to the environmental councillor Stefan Kaineder the greatest loss of mass since the measurement began 19 years ago. It is already something like a ritual: Every year the environmental councillor Stefan Kaineder (greens) goes together with loc…

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Every year, the glacier loses two to four metres of ice thickness. In 2030, it should have melted completely. On the basis of the Hallstätter glacier, one can see how quickly the climate crisis progressed, according to Upper Austria's environmental councillor Kaineder.

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It has become almost a tradition that every year Upper Austria's Environmental Councillor Stefan Kaineder (Greens) and Reingruber drive with media representatives on the largest glacier of the Dachstein massif. Heuer said that this excursion will probably only take more than five years. Because in 2030, if one looks up from the Gosau lake or from Bad Aussee towards Dachstein, for example, there will be no more "white shining glacier", says Reing…

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RAMSAU AM DACHSTEIN. The ice on the Hallstätter glacier is dwindling, in the past two decades it has lost a third of its mass. In the order in which we know it, it will be history in 2030, says glacier expert Klaus Reingruber.

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At the Hallstätter glacier in the Dachstein massif in the neighbouring Upper Austria, the largest mass decline since the beginning of the measurement is expected. The outlook is poor – by 2030 the glacier should be history.