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Grimsel & Furka Pass
3.
Glaciers account for approximately 70% of all
the freshwater stored on planet earth.
During the last ice age, the Rhône Glacier was
the dominant glacier in the Alps.
5.
As you cycle up this road from Realp in the
early morning sunshine, it’s worth keeping in
mind that you are not currently adding to this
problem.
What you are riding is part of the answer.
But European glaciers, especially high altitue
Alpine glaciers, are disappearing fast.
It’s a beautiful world. Let’s keep it that way.
Glaciologists estimate half of the small glaciers
in Switzerland and the glacier-fed streams will
be gone in less than 30 years.
4.
This centuries-old trickle of a river is the source
of drinking water for over 70M. people.
To say nothing of the agricultural irrigation
systems for tens of thousands of farms and
a significant part of France’s wine-growing
regions.
The problem is once it’s gone, it’s not coming
back.
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