Saving Melting Glaciers With Blankets in the Swiss Alps: NBC Left Field

Scientists and residents of the Alps in Switzerland are sewing together enormous white tarps and laying them atop melting glaciers, all in an effort to preserve the rapidly vanishing ice.
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Christina Kerber
Cinematography:
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Dominic Nahr
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Elise Coker
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[@laraw840]

Do you conserve energy in any form you can? Do you reduce waste in any possible way? If every single person on this planet starts to do this, then there maybe a slim chance.

[@slaphawk707]

you are going to need a bigger blanket bro

[@DougGrinbergs]

Some other videos I've watched had decent interior cave footage - very photogenic - and also mentioned creating the tunnel with chainsaws; this would have been interesting to view.

[@kosmoto]

Damn, this made me sad :(

[@kosmoto]

karen Jewels actually you are the idiot here. Tell me, would you wear a t-shirt and shorts in the Sahara? I'm really curious as to what you answer.

[@kosmoto]

karen Jewels that's what I thought...

[@zigabregant6924]

I wish blankets were enough

[@FabioDF1992]

I thought it was Christo.

[@Pleshie]

TH-cam why

[@blackadder4590]

Better use snowmaking machines, build a water reservoir and use that melting water from the Glacier back again for snowmaking on the same glacier.

[@bass-t5998]

Where does the energy come from for the Snowmachines? Thats the point, these things cost a LOT of energy. Thats why its actually bad that they are at the Skiresorts. If they run all the time its also bad for the environment, cause of thr massive energy need

[@JohnRoyal]

I thought why not artificial ice platforms to save polar bears and the shade the ice vertical sails attached to blimps

[@Slowekistan]

the planet is dying :(

[@trioultimo]

No, the ice is melting. Thats all.

[@RazsterTW]

Everything is fine, we're fine, keep moving on.

[@daviddesoto793]

Everything is fine hahahahha good one