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Scientists are venturing inside otherworldly ice caves growing beneath Austria's doomed glaciers to study why they are melting even faster than expected, and understand the fate that will befall glaciers elsewhere if climate change is not halted.
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Alien world under Austria's doomed glaciers tells tale of their collapse
Glaciologist Andrea Fischer, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, inspects a piece of ice inside a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021.
Glaciologists Andrea Fischer and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, inspect the entrance of a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021.
Glaciologists Andrea Fischer and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, inspect the entrance of a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021.
Glaciologist Andrea Fischer, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, explores a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021.
Glaciologist Andrea Fischer, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, enters a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021.
Glaciologists Andrea Fischer and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, inspect the ceiling of a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021.
Glaciologists Andrea Fischer and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, explore a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Glaciologist Andrea Fischer, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, explores a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Glaciologists Andrea Fischer and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, inspect a crack in the ceiling of a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Glaciologists Andrea Fischer and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, explore a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Glaciologists Andrea Fischer and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, inspect the ceiling of a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Glaciologist Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, explores a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
A general view of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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Glaciologists Andrea Fischer and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, hike towards the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Glaciologist Andrea Fischer, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, stands at the entrance of a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Glaciologists Andrea Fischer and Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, inspect the entrance of a natural glacier cavity of Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Glaciologist Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, explores a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Glaciologist Andrea Fischer, from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, hikes towards the entrance of a natural glacier cavity of the Jamtalferner glacier near Galtuer, Austria, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner