Wind Screen Collects Cool Air To Help Save The Rhône Glacier In Switzerland
Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 21:21
in Physics & Chemistry
A small wind screen has been erected on a glacier to test the concept of collecting cool air and reducing melting caused by global warming. By constructing a wind screen on the Rhône glacier in Switzerland, cold downwinds, which normally pass unhindered into the valley, can be intercepted and collected, thus creating a cold air cushion at the wind screen and in its close vicinity.