11. Alpine glaciers melted faster and forests in several countries were destroyed by fire, WMO said.12. A breathtaking hike to a creaking blue alpine glacier . 13. While not a mountain climber, he did enjoy hiking on the Alpine glaciers with his friends. 14. In 1871, Muir discovered an active alpine glacier below Merced Peak, which helped his theories gain acceptance. 15. Half of Alpine glaciers and large permafrost areas could disappear by the end of the 21st century. 16. The lake was formed about 18, 000 years ago, at the time the large alpine glaciers melted. 17. It is facultatively psychrophilic, Gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped strain, having been first isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. 18. Germany's alpine glaciers are experiencing deglaciation. 19. These supposed alpine glaciers have been called glacier-like forms ( GLF ) or glacier-like flows ( GLF ). 20. Glaciation was however restricted to alpine glaciers on some high-latitude mountains, though seasonal snow may have existed farther south.
