A major collapse occurred on Mount Fluchthorn, on the border of Austria and Switzerland. Experts pointed to climate change as the cause.
While the average temperature of the world continues to increase with climate change, we have been faced with melting and breaking glaciers for years. But earlier this month An event in the Alpsreminded us that the danger is right under our noses.
A large mass of rock and earth collapsed on Mount Fluchthorn, on the border of Austria and Switzerland. Fortunately, no casualties were reported in the incident. However, this event It was not an event caused by normal factors.
Crash on Mount Fluchtorn:
With a hundred thousand cubic meters of mountain fragment falling into the valley, the height of the peak Fluchtorn peak decreased by 19 meters. This collapse, according to geologist Jan-Christoph Otto of the University of Salzburg, It was a result of climate change.
“This mountain peak has probably been frozen for thousands of years. The mountaintop collapse at Fluchthorn is most likely the result of extreme temperatures last summer or fall. Given the continued temperature rise in the Alps, more events are likely to occur.”
In June of last year, there was also a collapse on Marmolada Mountain in the Italian Alps, 11 people died.
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