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Austria Struggles to Save Alps

MONDAY, 24 JULY 2006

The website www.ifyouski.com has recently put out a report on the continuing struggle to save the glaciers in the European Alps.

People at the Stubai Glacier in Austria have spread out a layer of fleece-like fabric on its remaining glacier before they get completely melted by the summer heat. What used to be an expanse of six square miles is now reduced to an area of less than two square miles with a thickness of 50 to 100 yards.

But the Stubai Glacier isn't the only part of the Alps that will be affected since other parts of it are also being endangered by the rising temperatures. While it can cost a lot of people who work at snow resorts their jobs, the even greater danger lies on the fact that people who live near the Alps depend on the glaciers for their water supply. They may face water shortages in the future if the current trend in the climate change continues.

To read the entire report, please visit www.ifyouski.com.

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