Glacial retreat in the Alps


Rhone glaciers
 
Rhone glaciers
 
 
Almost all of the world's glaciers are retreating.
 
 
Rhone glaciers
   
Rhone glaciers
 
A remarkable quantity of ice disappears every year, with subsequent lowering of the surface level and considerable melting at its front edge.
  
 
This case study includes:

  • exercises

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    Last update: 11 April 2013


    Glacial retreat in the Alps


    Exercises

     •  Monitoring the behaviour of glaciers (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEMCFH1P0WF_0.html)