Snow manipulation at Furka Pass enters the 4th season

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From June 12th to 15th this year's snow shoveling team (Erika, Maria, Florian, Fabian, Lawrence, and Patrick) were up on the Bidmer plateau to manipulate the snow cover. Digging 'holes' (~50 cm snow height) and piling up snow (~130 cm snow height plus white mesh) alters the snow melt timing and will shed new light on the responses of alpine vegetation to future climate change.

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