Germans try to slow glacier melt with giant screen
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 14:21
in Earth & Climate
German researchers trying to slow melting glaciers have set up a large screen in the Swiss Alps that they hope will trap cold air over the icy mass, Johannes Gutenberg University said Thursday.
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