he can see and feel just how radically climate change is affecting the austrian alps. assignment that the glaciers have shrunk drastically, particularly on the surface. there are very deep crevices everywhere in the ice and hardly any snow. any one visiting austria's most famous glacier this year will be shocked. there are few places that show just how dramatically the glaciers are currently melting, like the pest outside glacier. beneath austria's highest mountain, the gross clock no. i, no heat sevilla, lucy and out with one heat wave after another. the rest of the snowfield on the upper pester is melting away. and that interrupts the supply of the glacier system . see, it's tammy thought up all this year there was little fresh snow and sand blown here from the sahara in the spring created brown spots further speeding up the melting these have a not all is me. it's now impossible to stop the change that's happening here. glaciers had been coming and going over the millennia with ice ages and warmer phases. but this is different. now, there is enormously accelerated warming triggered

as almost double the global average that's led to rapidly receding glaciers in the alps. one of the starkest, reminders of climate change. glaciers are a major source of fresh water and help keep whole ecosystems in balance. alpine farmer ernst blast nick has been on glance at him for more than 70 years. he can see and feel just how radically climate change is affecting the austrian alps. assignment that the glaciers have shrunk drastically, particularly on the surface, with a very deep crevasses, everywhere in the ice, and hardly any snow. anyone visiting austria's most famous glacier this year will be shocked. there are few places that show just how dramatically the glaciers are currently melting, like the pest outside glacier, beneath austria's highest mountain, the gross clock, no. i know he'd sevalla loose young up with one heat wave after another. the rest of the snowfield on the upper pester is melting away snakes and that interrupt the supply of the glacier system. in the middle of this year there was little fresh snow and sand blown here from the sahara in the sp

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the alps are changing dramatically in the summer. the mountains are brown and less hospitable for both animals and people. that's all from us for now. up next to reporter, explores mozambique driving ruby industry and asked, is it a blessing or a curse to stay tuned for that? monica jones from me and the team in berlin. thanks for watching. making, raring to read me. if there is any erotic friends between them, you'd have to find it between the lines.

it's a plant commonly found in the alps. it thrives here at an altitude of some 1800 meters. ah, doesn't that was worth it. not bad, not at all. and there it is. i can see my goal. the king's house on shahan at the foot of the vet. i stein ma'am. mm. the, i've been back there, tourism and climate change are said to be threatening. the alpine flora and fauna on is that something you see yourself. thank you, spend a lot of time in the mountains and he was a feelin embankment a big ah tourist most. in the case of tourism yes. some get sold. there are popular spots like the to spit to summit that are really over run by masses of tourists. oh, sure, but as you experienced yourself today, we hardly saw anybody on our way up in the office. can you like to go from this get? there are really quiet areas here, for instance, in the call vendor range over there. it's oh, good. even in peak season and we're at the absolute peak of the season right now. you can be all on your own. and same concept on the key milan does for climate change, we haven't felt very much yet for lifestyle. maybe

this is the fastest melting glacier in the alps. julian hoss and his team come here every year. the data they've collected documents, the pace of climate change. here on the glacier, the impact of global warming is clear to see and hear the this is smith's lawson. this is meld water from the glacier media. we are in the area where there's no longer a layer of winter snow on taz at sea. so the melting here is due to the warm temperatures and the sunlight of these past few days. in combination with this dark dirt for the moment, this blockage multiple offerings will often if you some glitch with which moves wherever you look, there's water dripping, flowing, and babbling. this is what the death of a glacier looks like. the gape hatch, fanta is receding by more than a 100 meters each year. global glacier melting as causing sea levels to rise and destabilizing the climate even more. for their research, the geographers are collecting photos, taken by local residence, dating back to the 19th century. they show how climate change has been devouring this landscape like before too often.

the ice and europe's alps is melting faster and faster. and climate change in global warming are causing glaciers to collapse. and in some cases, dramatically. like here in july on the mom, a lot of in northern italy, we're 11 people were killed. experts like florian hoss fear that large parts of the alps could be completely ice free. and in just a few decades undergoing drastic changes. like those seen at the pot foreigner, austria 2nd largest glacier. ah, the helicopter's landing spot used to be a glacier a 100 years ago, were accompanying a team of geographers to the gape hatch found a glacier in the austrian alps. would be put on a dozen in a very hot year. the gay patch fanta can recede by more than 100 meters. we have on the opposite. this is the fastest melting glacier in the alps. julian hoss and his team come here every year. the data they've collected documents, the pace of climate change. here on the glacier, the impact of global warming is clear to see and hear the. this is smith's lawson. this is meld water from the glacier me

burns the fields, the thermometers creeping up in the south almost 40 from the record heat in the alpsare melting, the glaciers of tourists are asked to wait with the ascent, but those who want to take risks. so there are not hundreds, who do not have enough drinking water for a course, it is delivered from other parts of france because it is in pipes. nothing the french government is organizing an anti-crisis headquarters to combat the consequences of drought, the emergency situation is said to last for another half a month the minister of economic transformations and territorial development of the fifth republic of the cross-show called the situation historical we found ourselves in conditions that can no longer be called ordinary. we have never experienced a drought like this but the bad news is that as far as we can see there is no reason to think it will stop in 16 cities in italy including rome milan in florence, the air temperature stays above 40°c. so far, even at night, because of this, rice plantations in the river valley wither along the river, the upper reaches of the river

. >> and there's the new pictures that we've seen from the alps, the swiss alps, where you can see thethey've actually taken old images and reconstruct visual time lines. so you're seeing the entire glariers disappear. lost half the volume in the alps from 1931 to 2016, that's a chunk of ice the size of manhattan. every decade. >> every decade? >> every decade. the last person to ever ski a glacier on the alps is probably alive today because we're looking at an ice-free alps in definitely our children's lifetimes, probably our lifetimes as well. these aren't refreezing anytime soon. that's the thing as we get back to this is going to work itself out somehow. even if everybody, you know, stopped burning fossil fuels today, magically, what's built into the environment is going to take centuries. so green is not going to refreeze. and antarctica is not refreezing. and just an effect of seawater and water rise. same thing is happening in china on the ang sea, it's here. >> bill weir, thanks for that cheerful news. >> yeah. >> bill weir, thank you. >>> you bet. >>> coming up, there is more

glaciers in the alps have disappeared at record rates following extreme heat in europe this summer. up to 85 degrees farenheit, around 30 celsius. if greenhouse gases continue to rise, 80% of the glaciers in the alps could be lost by the start of the next century. more than 80,000 tourists have been left stranded in the popular chinese resort city of sanya. a new coronavirus outbreak has triggered a lockdown and flights have been cancelled. the holiday hot spot is on the southern island of hainan, often known as china's hawaii, for its sandy beaches and forests. sanya city has imposed a lockdown since saturday. tourists will be forced to stay for a week and can leave only after five clear covid tests. authorities say they will ask hotels to offer a 50% discount until restrictions are lifted. well, someone who is currently stuck in her hotel in sanya is marla anderson, an american who's based in shanghai — a city that's just come out of lockdown. she told us more about what is happening on the ground. we were in a resort area so we do not really know what is going on. we see people w

i boy is also home to noise launch dine castle on the edge of the alps with around 180000 visitors and 2021 nice feinstein remains for various most visited castle chicken reporter lucas diego takes us inside the walls of this very tail castle now sean stein is the largest and most expensive of the 3 castles, the varian king louis. this 2nd had built the various most famous monarch route from 186421886. we are only allowed to shoot here outside of normal visitor hours. so we have the whole castle through ourselves. my sunshine was billed as a many evil fairy tale castle, playful and teeming with sumptuous details. each hall is decorated with a different subject from the world of germanic myths and legends. the royal families, heraldic symbol shows up everywhere moist feinstein castle shavonne is swore ah, ah, it was supposed to look made evil, but the fixtures had to be ultra modern. and so the castle is simply peppered with modern technology. a telephone that was sensational at the time and this year to this is some kind of motion detector. every little window represents a room. and wh

with some their ringing railway. europe's oldest mountain railroad, their rack railway in the swiss alps, set often its 1st trip way back in $1871.00 and immediately became an international sensation. d w reporter accidentally my vizier, spent a day with regular railways, and was even allowed to drive the steam locomotive fulfilling a child. her dream acts as picturesque ter leeds from gully dow up the beautiful rigging, mountain, and back down to bits. now on the shores of lake lou sign, get ready for ride on a rail road classic and for breath taking views of the alps. ah hey, i'm accepting harvey and i'm exploring europe's most senate train writes, i played with my toy trains as a child and the steam locomotives were always the ones that i loved most. that is why i couldn't way to spend a day here at the figure a way in the heart of switzerland. it's the last steam train in europe with an upright qatar and the 1st mountain railway in whole europe. so now i'm ready for the right. it fireman, it a good. she an engineer martin, hurtful. i take me along to day, martin before me. oh. then w

shores of lake las sign, get ready for ride on a rail road classic and for breath taking views of the alps. ah hey, i'm access primavera. he and i'm exploring europe's most seni train writes. i played with my toy trains as a child and the steam locomotives were always the ones that i loved most. that is why i couldn't wait to spend a day here at the figure a way in the heart of switzerland. it's the last steam train in europe with an upright ketta and the 1st mountain railway in whole europe. so now i'm ready for the ride it firemen. it a good. she an engineer martin hook. i thought i'd take me along to day. martin before me. oh. then where there's tea, there must be fire. i can have out firemen, it got ye with it. the cold piston and push rod have to be lubricated. don't it has to be done under steam at $150.00 to $180.00 degrees celsius. but so you need a special oil. ah, now screw it tight, slowly. exactly. there anyone who lives well drives? well, a ha, that's yes. okay, this is the pressure gauge where i can see how much pressure is in the boiler right now. we're up to 2.82.9. what do

pidcock�*s win on the famously twisty tarmac of alpe d'huez was historic, descending as he did at 105joins the greats of the sport now, including geraint thomas, and five—time winner bernard hinault. i remember more the crowds than the win itself because it was just unbelievable. i mean, my ears were properly ringing that night — fighting to win a stage at the tour de france, and my brother's there, screaming at the top of his voice, cheering me on. it's... yeah, ijust filled up with emotion. pidcock is in les gets for the mountain bike world championships — a discipline he says could require more skill than the road. judging by the sheer drops on this course, he could well be right. road cycling has the highest physical level. cyclo—cross and mountain bike don't have as high a physical level, but you're more of a rounded athlete. skill and balance and general athleticism. i am a daredevil, but i'm not stupid. i know... i know my limits, i know my capabilities, and i ride, drive — whatever — within them. pidcock has proven himself on a mountain bike before, of course — having won olym

pidcock�*s win on the famously twisty tarmac of alpe d'huez was historic, descending as he did at 105were properly ringing that night — fighting to win a stage at the tour de france, and my brother's there, screaming at the top of his voice, cheering me on. it's... yeah, ijust filled up with emotion. pidcock is in les gets for the mountain bike world championships — a discipline he says could require more skill than the road. judging by the sheer drops on this course, he could well be right. road cycling has the highest physical level. cyclo—cross and mountain bike don't have as high a physical level, but you're more of a rounded athlete. skill and balance and general athleticism. i am a daredevil, but i'm not stupid. i know... i know my limits, i know my capabilities, and i ride, drive — whatever — within them. pidcock has proven himself on a mountain bike before, of course — having won olympic gold last year — but this represents something unique. last year — but this he's already won the cyclo—cross world title injanuary, so victory here and a win in september's road world champion

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europe 15 peaks of the caucasus range are higher than the mont blanc of the highest mountain in the alpsble peak of elbrus the highest mountain in europe the throne of the gods and the king of the spirit. here , the alpine kingdom of the caucasian chamois, the inhabitants of the sable pian meadows and mountain slopes, have long adapted to life at such transcendental heights , and even their lung capacity is more than diligently living on the plains. caucasian sulfur is a favorite prey of poachers, so they have to go to the most impregnable mountainous regions. the western caucasus is the wettest region of europe, so, for example, on the slopes of the ochishkho ridge more than 3,000 mm of precipitation falls annually, a whole horde of clouds gathers over the southwestern slopes of a large caucasus and attack its peaks. passing over the tops of the cloud, they lose most of the rain reserves; it becomes smaller and lighter; only a small part of the rain clouds reaches the northeastern slopes of the caucasus and the landscape. it looks completely different here. the high sky is the kingdom o

this time through the alps but around labs of munich's skyline.s european champion. he does it all, and select 23, is understated. yeah, it was a pretty hard race. i made it hard for myself, because on this course, yeah, riding out front by myself, it makes it all that much harder, but, yeah, ifelt pretty good. yeah, nice to be back. he harder, but, yeah, i felt pretty good. yeah, nice to be back. he is the first british _ good. yeah, nice to be back. he is the first british man _ good. yeah, nice to be back. he is the first british man to _ good. yeah, nice to be back. he is the first british man to win - good. yeah, nice to be back. he is the first british man to win this - the first british man to win this title, and he wants more this year most of next up, it is rural championships on and the road. in this career, the medals could get hard to count. all tom pidcock needs is two weeks. joe lynskey, bbc news. finally, we've had the weigh—in for tomorow night's heavyweight rematch between anthonyjoshua and olexander usyk in saudi arabia. there ha

and then a little bit later on in the alps. he has given command of a battalion of 700 men and he captures an italian division of 10,000. for those two accomplishments on the battlefield. he is given the german equivalent of our medal of honor the poor le mare. the order of merit so these are both very distinguished young officers coming out of world war one. wait a second. what's that? that's pearl harbor being attacked. how did we switch from the army to the navy? ah, george patton, he's always up to something. now in 1927 patton is the intelligence officer the g2 for the hawaiian division in pearl harbor. and when he transfers out for his next assignment, he writes a summary intelligence report. and in that report he says. the japanese will attack pearl harbor on a sunday morning around 7:30 and they'll do it with naval aircraft. coming in from the southwest course they came in from the northwest, but otherwise and were 30 minutes later than his proposed attack time, but everything else he was right on the money. that's beca

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correspondent: high in the alps, the mountains are moving.nt icecaps are cracking and melting. richard, a guide like his father and grandfather before him, has to adapt. >> the area of the mountain is melting off and then you have rock fal there is not enough snow from the winter. it makes our job more challenging, i have to say. you have to think more about risk management. correspondent: across switzerland, rock falls triggered by melting permafrost have closed climbing routes. but the changes started long before this hot summer. since the 1930's, the glaciers have lost more than half their volume. 20 years ago, this glacier was actually much bigger. you can see behind me the rock is emerging where the ice has split apart in the last few years. if you take a moment to listen, that rushing sound is the ice melting and pouring down into the valleys. >> so we are probably one of the first people walking here. correspondent: the ground u here has not been seen for thousands of years. now the remaining ice has been wrapped up to protect it. a de

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north, though we are seeing some bad air quality just west of redding as you head up into the trinity alps out towards the humble county coastline. these areas have been seeing wildfire smoke up there now locally in the bay area, conditions of dried out after yesterday's monsoonal moisture, northern california still seeing those showers. we had some lightning strikes up in the trendy out yesterday just north of the bay area and then also seeing some heavy rainfall in the form of that monsoonal moisture out of the great basin of western nevada, comparatively really calm here in the bay area. and we're going to stay that way. high pressure ridge still firmly in place. keeping us dry and keeping us hot for a few more days. just not as hot as we have been. still heat advisory for solano county and that actually lingers through 08:00pm on friday. a look at temperatures will show you why now 60's for san francisco today. it's 60's at the coastline to back to normal out there, mostly back into the 70's along the bay shore. and we are welcoming that cooler feel on the bay after some 90's just a co