Chasing water: how a glacier melts

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Scientists have dyed the melt water from the Plaine-Morte glacier to improve understanding of future water management under climate change. A water tracing experiment was carried out on the Plaine Morte glacier above Crans-montana in canton Valais as part of the Swiss National Research Program NRP 61. (SRF Einstein, swissinfo.ch)