zurich university


The Melting Point

by Jack Boulware
switzerland’s glaciers lost 18 percent of their surface area between 1985 and 2000. in the alps, the average loss was 22 percent. a study by zurich university has found that if temperatures were to rise by five degrees, the alps would become almost completely ice-free by 2100.




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ISSUE: Nov 15, 2007
American Way Cover - 11/15/2007