Climate change is causing a Swiss mountain to crumble.
By on Aug 8th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
Climate change is causing a Swiss mountain to crumble.
Visitors to the mountain “hope to watch a rock the size of two Empire State Buildings collapse onto the canyon floor nearly 700 feet below, as retreating glacier ice robs a cliff face on the eastern edge of the Eiger Mountain of its main support.”
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The glaciers in the European alps have really taken a beating. Hope they get this rock fall on video.
August 8th, 2006 at 4:05 pm[Waves hand at eye level] These are not the signs of global warming you were looking for.
August 8th, 2006 at 4:06 pmTry filming this movie i.e. Eiger Sanction 1975 today.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072926/plotsummary
Perhaps we can get all the non-believers in global warming to be extras ;)
August 8th, 2006 at 4:09 pmIt’s all in your head:
Global warming isn’t hapening.
Glaciers aren’t melting.
Those boulders aren’t falling.
August 8th, 2006 at 4:09 pmAll I have to say is I hope somebody films it, cause that would be a site.
August 8th, 2006 at 4:13 pmGlobal warming denialists 2006 = Flat earth society 1880
http://www.theworstpresidentever.org
August 8th, 2006 at 4:21 pmWhere are the progressing glaciers?
August 8th, 2006 at 4:24 pmDo the Swiss have a “Pat Robertson” type? You know, someone to blame the swiss gays?
August 8th, 2006 at 4:29 pmThose sick bastards. They are gathering because they want to watch this travisty? Why don’t they gather at their local enviormental group and start helping?!? I hope you Swiss assholes anger another group enough that they murder you all.
August 8th, 2006 at 4:31 pmNotice in the news story there is the picture. In the picture, there is basically a string keeping people from going over the edge. In America, 500 people would have already fallen over the side, and all would have filed lawsuits.
August 8th, 2006 at 4:42 pmNewNameAcquired,
Ummmm. Are they supposed to hold the rocks up or something? I am missing your point.
August 8th, 2006 at 4:42 pmI need gravel for my driveway, and also I like seeing mountains up close, but I don’t like heights. It all works out.
August 8th, 2006 at 4:46 pmI truly hope Seixon is not in the area when those babies come down.
August 8th, 2006 at 5:04 pmI truly hope Seixon is not in the area when those babies come down.
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Or any Ivy-leaguer from Stanford, for that matter!
August 8th, 2006 at 5:10 pm“Do the Swiss have a “Pat Robertson†type? You know, someone to blame the swiss gays?”
Sounds like a job for “Swiss Family Robertson”!
August 8th, 2006 at 5:33 pmSee,this is what the editor of the National Review should be talking about. Only with global warming could we see awesome videos like the one this event promises.
August 8th, 2006 at 5:45 pmI can’t wait for that Swiss mountain to crumble down so we can see if the center is made of creamy nougat or marshmallow swirl.
August 8th, 2006 at 9:18 pmGlaciers in the Alps may have lost up to a tenth of their volume in the hot 2003 summer alone, researchers at Zurich university have said, and the ice now only occupies between half and a third of its volume in 1850.
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Half of the ice is gone in about 150 years.
August 9th, 2006 at 12:13 amYupp by 2150 we will have bike trails in the Alps for Bush to tumble down, year round no less.
“Do the Swiss have a “Pat Robertson†type? You know, someone to blame the swiss gays?â€
Yes, we do. It’s pretty much Christoph Blocher of the SVP (Swiss People’s Party). The guy is an all-around jerk.
August 9th, 2006 at 1:27 amAll the mountains in Switzerland may begin to crumble as the glaciers melt away > it becomes a danger to the alpine villages nestled in the valleys around the mountains! Rock slides could crush houses, or even tourist sites, so this is very sad for the Swiss citizens!
August 9th, 2006 at 2:47 amI need gravel for my driveway, and also I like seeing mountains up close, but I don’t like heights. It all works out.
August 9th, 2006 at 7:27 am