According to Stockholm University, Sweden’s only remaining mountain-top glacier was its highest peak before 2019, but its height dropped by 2 meters last year due to rising temperatures due to climate change.
In 2019, the southern peak of the Kebnekaise block fell to second place in the ranking of the Swedish mountains after one-third of its glaciers melted. The northern peak of Kebnekaise, where there are no glaciers, is now the highest mountain in the Nordic countries.
“On August 14, researchers at the Tafala Research Station measured the south peak of Kebnekaise at an altitude of 2,094.6 meters (6,912 feet). This is the lowest height measured since the measurement began in the 1940s,” the university said in a statement on Tuesday Said in.
“The decrease in peak value and the appearance of drift can be mainly explained by the increase in temperature, but changes in wind conditions will also affect the location of snow in winter.”
It stated that these changes reflect the long-term warming of Sweden’s climate and cited a recent report by the United Nations Climate Group that global warming has caused Unparalleled melting of glaciers And close to getting out of control.
In the mid-1990s, the south peak of Kebnekaise was 2,118 meters high.
The Kebnekaise block is located about 150 kilometers (90 miles) north of the Arctic Circle. The Scandinavian mountains span northern Norway and most of Sweden and are part of the Laponia World Heritage Site.
