Mount Blanc Doubles in Size from 2002 as Reported by Experts
Current elaborate Global Positioning System measurements taken on the 17-18th August have registered that Mount Blanc numbers 4810.4 meters. Mont Blanc is covered by a heavy ice-cap which has grown by 2.7 m in precisely 2 years furthermore more surprising the amount of the ice has nearly doubled . Leastwise that is according to the experts.
The amount of ice was computed for the initial time in 2004. It was calculated at 14100 cubic meters above 4770 meters. It equaled merely 13900 cubic meters in 2005 possibly ascribable to the heat with plus temp even at 5000 m elevation. Even so the ice cap has nearly doubled up since then and at present numbers 22000 meters cubed.
Chamonix town’s reputable local weather man Fernando Hein said the increase in the size of the ice is one of the perverse outcomes of global warming: Snowfall hasn’t increased overall in the French Alps simply with climate change we are seeing additional warm prevailing westerly winds which bestow rain lower down but in summer this translates to heavy snow that falls higher up than 4000 meters height thus the volume of the ice-cap is rising. Contrast this to the situation in winter when snow crystals are very cold and are transported by the wind and so do not settle down on the top.
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