Chasing water: how a glacier melts

2,784 views · Published 13 October 2014 · 4:02 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: SWI swissinfo.ch - English · 2014 · Science & Technology

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Scientists have dyed the melt water from the Plaine-Morte glacier to improve understanding of future water management under climate change. A water tracing experiment was carried out on the Plaine Morte glacier above Crans-montana in canton Valais as part of the Swiss National Research Program NRP 61. (SRF Einstein, swissinfo.ch)
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