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Glaciers could grow with artificial snow

By Hicbd
Mon Feb 10 2020 12:00 pm

"In the summer of 2017 Oerlemans and his team sprayed a 2.5 metre-deep blanket of artificial snow over a small section of the Diavolezzafirn glacier, one of the Morteratsch’s diminutive neighbours. The experiment, which ran to the autumn, was successful: further melting was prevented, and in some places the ice even grew."

URL:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/19/snow-machines-fleece-blankets-inside-ski-industry-battle-with-climate-change-alpine-resorts
https://eos.org/articles/artificial-snow-could-make-alpine-glacier-grow-again

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Climate Change / Global Warming Glaciers Snowmaking Ski Resorts the Alps

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