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European mountain peaks have seen temperatures rise by almost 2 degrees Celsius in the past 12 decades, practically twice the global norm.
Not far from where Austria borders with Switzerland, researchers are scrutinising how this phenomenon is causing the Jamtalferner glacier to thaw at an unprecedented rate.
Glaciologist Andrea Fischer has been closely surveying Jamtal and four other Alpine glaciers for 20 years.
The ancient ice presents an invaluable archive, allowing scientists to form a vivid picture of the Earth's climate in past millennia.
In the process of expansion, these ice formations encapsulated plant fragments such as twigs and leaves, much like a time capsule, which can now be accurately carbon-dated.
Based on the material's age and the depth it's retrieved from, specialists are then equipped to infer when the frozen mass swelled and diminished over time.
This intelligence permits scientists to project probable future climate outcomes for the planet.
The gravity of the situation has spurred glaciologists to drill 14 metres down into the compacted ice, to claim the vanishing archives before it's too late.
As it dissolves, the hazards multiply, and in Italy recently, 11 trekkers tragically perished after soaring temperatures caused a glacial melt, culminating in a deadly avalanche.
Meanwhile, nature has already cloaked the scars left by the retreating glaciers with a variety of over 20 varied mosses and other plants.
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