Mount Blanc Doubles in Bulk since 2002 as Announced by Scientists
New precise GPS readings conducted on the 13-14th Sept have registered that Mount Blanc amounts to 4810.6 m. Mont-Blanc is layered by a deep ice cap which has augmented by 2.1 meters in precisely 2 yrs furthermore more suprisingly the volume of the ice has all but doubled . At any rate that is according to the scientists.
The amount of ice was computed for the maiden time in 2002. It worked out to be 14700 metres cubed above 4760 meters. It comprised only 13600 meters cubed in 2004 perhaps due to the warmth with positive temperatures even at 5000 meters altitude. However the ice has almost increased twofold since then and today measures 24000 cubic meters.
Chamonix Mont Blanc’s renowned local weather forecaster Gwen Norwood said the increment in the bulk of the ice-cap is among the counter intuitive consequences of climate change: The amount of snow hasnt grown overall in the Alps simply with the climate change we’re seeing additional hot westerly air currents that bestow rainfall lower down but in summertime this translates to dense snow that falls higher up than 4000 meters height hence the amount of the icecap is rising. Compare this to the state of affairs during winter time where the snow crystals are very cold and are transported by air currents and so don’t rest on the summit.
