View of Hintereisferner on June 23, 2018 (left) and June 23, 2022 (right). 2018 is considered a bad year for the mass balance of the glacier. In 2022, however, the situation is dramatically worse again, as there is hardly any protective snow cover left already in June
View of Hintereisferner on June 23, 2018 ( left ) and June 23, 2022 ( right ). 2018 is considered a bad year for the mass balance of the glacier. In 2022, however, the situation is dramatically worse again, as there is hardly any protective snow cover left already in June © www.foto-webcam.eu In the summer of 2022, one of Tyrol's largest glaciers recorded its largest mass loss ever. The Hintereisferner in the Ötztal valley reached its Glacier Loss Day (GLD) earlier than ever before. GLD serves as an indicator of a glacier's health over the course of the year, similar to how Earth Overshoot Day measures the Earth's resource consumption. A team of glacier researchers led by Annelies Voordendag at the Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences at the University of Innsbruck is using state-of-the-art laser scanning techniques to determine GLD. The Hintereisferner in the rear Tyrolean Ötztal has been closely observed for more than 100 years, and there have been continuous records of its mass balance since 1952.
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