00:002025 has not been a good year for glaciers. A series of reports all appear to confirm that
00:07climate change is melting these bodies of ice at an alarming rate. Since 2000 the world has
00:13lost more than seven trillion tons of ice from mountain glaciers. Signs of melting evident here
00:20on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc Massive. We have observed over the years is that the glacier
00:28is slowing down and this is a sign that there is less input of mass to the glacier from snowfall.
00:36Now scientists are rushing to recover the records stored within this glacier in Tajikistan where the
00:42ice has created a natural archive full of important information about rainfall, volcanic eruptions and
00:50other climate events. But what can happen as the warming progresses you will have very hot summers.
00:57even up there with very hot meaning above the melting point of ice which means that water can
01:04percolate into the firm, that's the compacted snow that is on top of the firm ice and therefore
01:13contaminate the climate signals. It's a critical mission to secure the first deep ice cause ever
01:21extracted from this region. Success would provide scientists with a crucial long-term record
01:27from one of the world's most data-scarce regions.
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