Europe’s most iconic mountain is a climate change warning l ABC News

ABC News’ James Longman reports from Mont Blanc, where a glacier on the Italian side of the mountain is breaking apart far more quickly than expected.

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Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in Europe, located in the Alps between Italy and France, has become a symbol of climate change as its glaciers continue to rapidly melt in response to the warming of the Earth.

As the ice melts and falls, it creates a dangerous hazard for both locals and the millions of tourists who visit the site annually while also drying up fresh water supplies, said Fabrizio Troilo, a geologist for the Safe Mountain Foundation, an Italian-based organization.

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  1. In the 1970's we were told there was an ice age coming, didn't happen, then we were told there's a hole in the Ozone layer, that hasn't been mentioned for a while, has it been fixed, then it was global warming which was soon changed to climate change….. must be due a new name soon

  2. God promised the four seasons until he comes again in great wrath and fury. With great jealousy, and he will requite the evil that the wicked have done.Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter and woe to them that give in suck those days.

  3. According to the Vostok Ice Core Records, CO2 level changes have followed Earth's overall temperature changes at an 800 year lag for the last 800,000 years. That means that our current CO2 levels are the result of Earth's overall temperature 800 years ago. World leaders have convinced their dependents that this works in the reverse order, relatively quickly, and that we are to blame, so that they can tax us out of a false shared guilt in order to be able to afford to "fight" climate change, an unstoppable natural cycle. The following is the source of this information:

    Historical Carbon Dioxide Record from the Vostok Ice Core

    Investigators
    J.-M. Barnola, D. Raynaud, C. Lorius
    Laboratoire de Glaciologie et de Géophysique de l'Environnement,
    CNRS, BP96,
    38402 Saint Martin d'Heres Cedex, France

    N.I. Barkov
    Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute,
    Beringa Street 38, 199397,
    St. Petersburg, Russia

    Period of Record
    417,160 – 2,342 years BP

    Methods
    In January 1998, the collaborative ice-drilling project between Russia, the United States, and France at the Russian Vostok station in East Antarctica yielded the deepest ice core ever recovered, reaching a depth of 3,623 m (Petit et al. 1997, 1999). Ice cores are unique with their entrapped air inclusions enabling direct records of past changes in atmospheric trace-gas composition. Preliminary data indicate the Vostok ice-core record extends through four climate cycles, with ice slightly older than 400 kyr (Petit et al. 1997, 1999). Because air bubbles do not close at the surface of the ice sheet but only near the firn-ice transition (that is, at ~90 m below the surface at Vostok), the air extracted from the ice is younger than the surrounding ice (Barnola et al. 1991). Using semiempirical models of densification applied to past Vostok climate conditions, Barnola et al. (1991) reported that the age difference between air and ice may be ~6000 years during the coldest periods instead of ~4000 years, as previously assumed. Ice samples were cut with a bandsaw in a cold room (at about -15°C) as close as possible to the center of the core in order to avoid surface contamination (Barnola et al. 1983). Gas extraction and measurements were performed with the "Grenoble analytical setup," which involved crushing the ice sample (~40 g) under vacuum in a stainless-steel container without melting it, expanding the gas released during the crushing in a pre-evacuated sampling loop, and analyzing the CO2 concentrations by gas chromatography (Barnola et al. 1983). The analytical system, except for the stainless-steel container in which the ice was crushed, was calibrated for each ice sample measurement with a standard mixture of CO2 in nitrogen and oxygen. For further details on the experimental procedures and the dating of the successive ice layers at Vostok, see Barnola et al. (1987, 1991), Lorius et al. (1985), and Petit et al. (1999).

    Trends
    There is a close correlation between Antarctic temperature and atmospheric concentrations of CO2 (Barnola et al. 1987). The extension of the Vostok CO2 record shows that the main trends of CO2 are similar for each glacial cycle. Major transitions from the lowest to the highest values are associated with glacial-interglacial transitions. During these transitions, the atmospheric concentrations of CO2 rises from 180 to 280-300 ppmv (Petit et al. 1999). The extension of the Vostok CO2 record shows the present-day levels of CO2 are unprecedented during the past 420 kyr. Pre-industrial Holocene levels (~280 ppmv) are found during all interglacials, with the highest values (~300 ppmv) found approximately 323 kyr BP. When the Vostok ice core data were compared with other ice core data (Delmas et al. 1980; Neftel et al. 1982) for the past 30,000 – 40,000 years, good agreement was found between the records: all show low CO2 values [~200 parts per million by volume (ppmv)] during the Last Glacial Maximum and increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations associated with the glacial-Holocene transition. According to Barnola et al. (1991) and Petit et al. (1999) these measurements indicate that, at the beginning of the deglaciations, the CO2 increase either was in phase or lagged by less than ~1000 years with respect to the Antarctic temperature, whereas it clearly lagged behind the temperature at the onset of the glaciations.

    References
    Barnola, J.-M., D. Raynaud, A. Neftel, and H. Oeschger. 1983. Comparison of CO2 measurements by two laboratories on air from bubbles in polar ice. Nature 303:410-13.

    Barnola, J.-M., D. Raynaud, Y.S. Korotkevich, and C. Lorius. 1987. Vostok ice core provides 160,000-year record of atmospheric CO2. Nature 329:408-14.

    Barnola, J.-M., P. Pimienta, D. Raynaud, and Y.S. Korotkevich. 1991. CO2-climate relationship as deduced from the Vostok ice core: A re-examination based on new measurements and on a re-evaluation of the air dating. Tellus 43(B):83- 90.

    Delmas, R.J., J.-M. Ascencio, and M. Legrand. 1980. Polar ice evidence that atmospheric CO2 20,000 yr BP was 50% of present. Nature 284:155-57.

    Jouzel, J., C. Lorius, J.R. Petit, C. Genthon, N.I. Barkov, V.M. Kotlyakov, and V.M. Petrov. 1987. Vostok ice core: A continuous isotopic temperature record over the last climatic cycle (160,000 years). Nature 329:403-8.

    Lorius, C., J. Jouzel, C. Ritz, L. Merlivat, N.I. Barkov, Y.S. Korotkevich, and V.M. Kotlyakov. 1985. A 150,000-year climatic record from Antarctic ice. Nature 316:591-96.

    Neftel, A., H. Oeschger, J. Schwander, B. Stauffer, and R. Zumbrunn. 1982. Ice core measurements give atmospheric CO2 content during the past 40,000 yr. Nature 295:220-23.

    Pepin, L., D. Raynaud, J.-M. Barnola, and M.F. Loutre. 2001. Hemispheric roles of climate forcings during glacial-interglacial transitions as deduced from the Vostok record and LLN-2D model experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research 106 (D23): 31,885-31,892.

    Petit, J.R., I. Basile, A. Leruyuet, D. Raynaud, C. Lorius, J. Jouzel, M. Stievenard, V.Y. Lipenkov, N.I. Barkov, B.B. Kudryashov, M. Davis, E. Saltzman, and V. Kotlyakov. 1997. Four climate cycles in Vostok ice core. Nature 387: 359-360.

    Petit, J.R., J. Jouzel, D. Raynaud, N.I. Barkov, J.-M. Barnola, I. Basile, M. Benders, J. Chappellaz, M. Davis, G. Delayque, M. Delmotte, V.M. Kotlyakov, M. Legrand, V.Y. Lipenkov, C. Lorius, L. Pépin, C. Ritz, E. Saltzman, and M. Stievenard. 1999. Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica. Nature 399: 429-436.

    Raynaud, D., and J.-M. Barnola. 1985. An Antarctic ice core reveals atmospheric CO2 variations over the past few centuries. Nature 315:309-11.

    CITE AS: Barnola, J.-M., D. Raynaud, C. Lorius, and N.I. Barkov. 2003. Historical CO2 record from the Vostok ice core. In Trends: A Compendium of Data on Global Change. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tenn., U.S.A.

    Revised February 2003

  4. People today are willfully ignorant of the world wide flood in Noah's day. Just a fable, they say.
    The rainbow is proof that God will never flood the whole earth again.

    See the media fakery? They have rejected God and his pure words of life. With apostasy comes that man of sin. Soon we will all know this wicked one when he appears.

  5. Why is it that there are more volcanoes erupting? Is it possible to control the weather? Is the solar system heating up? Can car and factory and cow methane cause volcanoes to erupt and the solar system to heat up?

  6. Fake news, Do you know that Ice-age is over? What do u want to snow like in ice age? we have nothing to do with this, snow was melting even before 1700s who was responsible? no gas, no oil, no coil WHO? now we face real problem it`s groundwater deposits drying up, soon no more fresh water by 2050 and rivers if we continue irrigate at the same level, more we need to find cheap salt water solution this will solve raising sea levels too.

  7. THERE IS A NATURAL CLIMATE CHANGE IT STARTED FROM DAY 1 AND HAS CONTINUED SINCE ….MOST OF THE PEOPLE DONT KNOW BUT CLIMATE RENEWABLES CREDITS ARE LIKE BITCOIN THEY CAN BE BROUGHT AND SOLD ….CLIMATE CHANGE RENEWABLE CREDITS DOES NOT SAVE THE PLANET, CAN NOT CHANGE THE CLIMATE, BUT MAKE SOME COUNTRIES AND BILLIONAIRES VERY RICH

  8. Come on people, this is normal glacier flow!!! The more pressure on top of the mountain from fallen ice and snow controls how fast it moves!! So, let me get this correct, there is so much ice and snow on top of the mountain that the glacier is moving so it must be global warming??? Yeah that makes sense!!!

  9. I believe the sea levels are rising.  That's why all these rich liberals and Hollywood celebs are selling their beach front properties.   Oh, wait, none of them are.  In fact, they keep buying them.  But, it is indeed why banks stopped investing and lending on them.  Oh, wait, no, they keep lending on beach front properties.  Odd.    For some reason, the people telling us to worry, don't seem worried themselves.  But, no, it's not a scam. Al Gor said so.  If you don't believe him, give him money to see his movie so he can tell you so.

  10. Another Climate Scientist with Impeccable Credentials Breaks Ranks: “Our models are Mickey-Mouse Mockeries of the Real World”

  11. I know this is completely distracting from the conversation but that reporter is so hotttt and his accent😩😍😍😍 okay I’m done

  12. Okay you think climate change is real why why isn't everybody protesting China look up their stats on their pollution their population is running around with surgical masks on to survive and everybody complains about the US how is about hitting the ones does doing all of the pollution

  13. Hysteria, Left Wing politics, and new age doomsday religion — According to NASA, Earth’s average temperature has only increased by 0.8 degrees Celsius since 1880. How can that possibly be a "climate crisis"? If your refrigerator’s temperature varies by just .8 degrees Celsius, does that mean your refrigerator is broken? When did the Earth have a more pleasant climate than we have today? The honest answer is probably NEVER. The only time I could even consider being better was the Medieval Warm Period (about 800-1400 AD), when Europe prospered with mild temperatures and food was plentiful. Even frigid Greenland was green with vegetation. The Earth was many degrees warmer back then, but today we have become hysterical over a tiny .8 degree Celsius increase in temperature.

    The obvious political, financial, and religious motives for spreading climate fear are the real drivers of anti-carbon climate hysteria, not science. Doomsday religions have been popular since the dawn of man, and climate hysteria is an ancient phenomenon that has plagued our past. Five hundred years ago the weather was so extreme that Europeans burned alive thousands of people accused of being "weather witches." Through "weather cooking" they were believed to have caused terrifying storms that destroyed crops and killed farm animals. Only a few citizens objected to burning their neighbors and using torture to gain confessions. The dissenters believed that weather is controlled by Nature, not by man. If you express those exact sentiments today even United States senators and congressmen will brand you a "denier," a term historically used in different forms by virtually all intolerant religions around the world.
    For scientific details see the following.
    New Climate Discovery at http://renewable.50webs.com/Zeller.Nikolov.html

    The Renewable Energy Disaster at http://renewable.50webs.com/

    Moderating Climate Change Hysteria at http://renewable.50webs.com/climate.html

    For humor see Climate Hysteria in Pictures at http://renewable.50webs.com/The-cult-of-windmill-worship.html

  14. Mean while in Nebraska U.S.A. it's supposed to snow this week. 2 months earlier then normal. Plates shift. When the crust moves then countrys shift. Then climate will change.

  15. The glacier is melting due to climate change… let's fly to France, hop in a helicopter and burn some more jet fuel to get a closer look. This asshole has a carbon footprint larger than 99% of humans on earth and he has the gull to tell us it's for spreading awareness!!!

  16. Wow…Ice is melting the glaciers exponentially..The more they melt, the faster they melt. Everything is on an unstopable course .

  17. When I was in elementary school in 2001 they told us that my home state of Hawaii would be underwater by 2020 due to rising sea levels caused by climate change now it’s 2019 and nothing has changed and we aren’t underwater. Climate change is over sensationalized to create fear.

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