Scientists are warning that glaciers in the Austrian Alps are not just shrinking, but are disintegrating, because of climate change.
The latest report on glaciers by the Austrian Alpine Club say they "continue to shrink dramatically in length, area and volume".
"Many glaciers are not only shrinking in length but are increasingly entering a phase of structural disintegration," said Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer from the University of Graz.
"Exposed rock ledges, sections of ice breaking away and glacier tongues collapsing in on themselves are increasingly shaping the landscape."
In its annual report, the Austrian Alpine Club, said 94 out of the 96 glaciers that it measured over the past year in Austria, had shrunk.
