Abstract
THIS interesting report of the Commission internationale des Glaciers shows that these ice-streams still continue to diminish in those parts of the world which it has been possible to examine. In the Swiss Alps, of ninety glaciers observed, not ofle shows an advance, which fully confirms the general results of the last seven years, and indicates that any slight variation is now at an end; the same is true of the Italian Alps, though some of them give signs of increase in their upper parts. In the French Alps (Pelvoux district), the Glacier Noir has steadily decreased since 1860; the Glacier Blanc, after decreasing from 1865 to 1886, advanced from about 1889 to 1896, but is now again retiring. It is noteworthy that the average elevation of the supply basin of the former is from 2500 to 2800 metres, and of the latter from 3000 to 3300 metres. In the Savoy Alps the shrinkage continues, some small glaciers having disappeared. The same is true in the Pyrenees.
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B., T. Variation of Glaciers 1 . Nature 73, 320–321 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/073320a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/073320a0