Mount Blanc Doubles in Elevation since 2001 as Reported by Glaciologists
Posted on 28 Dec 2008 at 03:46 pm | Tagged as: Best Travel Resources
Recent careful GPS measurements carried out on the 17-18th Aug have registered that Mont Blanc amounts to 4810.5 meters. Monte-Bianco is veiled by a dense ice-cap which has got bigger by 2.3 m in barely 2 yrs moreover more surprising the mass of the snow and ice has just about grown twofold . At least that’s according to the experts.
The volume of ice was figured for the first time in 2002. It was measured at 14400 cubic meters higher than 4770 metres. It was just 13600 cubic metres in 2005 possibly owing to the heat wave with +ve temperatures as high as 4800 meters height. Even so the icecap has nearly increased twofold since then and nowadays numbers 24000 cubic metres.
Chamonix town’s illustrious local weather forecaster Whitley Meyer stated the growth in the mass of the ice is among the counter intuitive consequences of climate change: Snowfall has not augmented overall in the Alps merely with global warming we’re having more warm prevailing westerly air currents that bestow rain lower down but during summertime this translates to heavy snowfall that rests higher up than 3700 m height hence the mass bulk of the ice-cap is growing. Compare this to the state of affairs in wintertime when the snow crystals are exceedingly cold and are transferred by wind so don’t settle on the top.
Chamonix Mont Blanc is not only famous for Mont Blanc it is also a well renowned skiing resort and alpinism mecca with lot’s of ski deals and chalet deals to be had.
