Ahead of World Yoga Day on Sunday, hiker and yoga enthusiast Karin Bittel stands on her head on the Aletsch glacier near Bettmeralp in canton Valais. The photo was taken last August.
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The Aletsch glacier, today roughly 23km long and up to 900 metres deep, is Switzerland’s largest glacier and is shrinking rapidly. While glaciers across Europe have been receding since the 1870s, the process has accelerated since the early 1980s – a phenomenon many scientists attribute to global warming.
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Climate effect: glacier retreat and landslip link shown
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Researchers say they can show a direct connection between the retreating ice flows of Switzerland’s biggest glacier and a catastrophic landslide.
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From the top of the Moosfluh peak above the village of Riederalp, the sweeping panoramic vista takes your breath away. A huge grey-and-white cracked sea of ice snakes into view from around a distant mountain. Just below, an elderly Japanese couple munch away on their packed lunch, silently digesting the natural wonder from their balcony…
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New images from the book “Aletsch – Der grösste Gletscher der Alpen“ (Aletsch – the biggest glacier in the Alps) by Valais-based photographer Marco Volken (Photos: Marco Volken/AS Verlag)
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