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Title: Germany loses 1 of 5 glaciers; scalding summer melts Southern Schneeferner
Source:Business Standard
Date:27 September 2022
Scientists in Germany have stripped the Southern Schneeferner in the Alps of its status as glacier after extreme heat in the summer of 2022 hastened its demise. The announcement 26 September 2022 by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences means Germany now has only four glaciers left. The Southern Schneeferner is an ice sheet that lies on a high plateau south of the country's highest peak, the Zugspitze. Researchers said that measurements in mid-September showed it has shrunk by half in the last four years.
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