{"id":45854,"date":"2020-08-13T05:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T02:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/renowned-climate-change-scientist-dead-after-falling-into-crevasse-in-greenland\/"},"modified":"2020-08-13T05:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T02:21:00","slug":"renowned-climate-change-scientist-dead-after-falling-into-crevasse-in-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/renowned-climate-change-scientist-dead-after-falling-into-crevasse-in-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"#Renowned climate change scientist dead after falling into crevasse in Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Renowned climate change scientist dead after falling into crevasse in Greenland<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 12, 2020 |<\/span> 10:21pm <\/p>\n

\n A renowned Swiss-American climate change scientist died after falling into a crevasse while conducting research on ice in Greenland, authorities and reports said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Konrad Steffen, director of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), was working near Ilulissat on Saturday when he was reported missing, police said.<\/p>\n

A rescue operation was launched, but ultimately abandoned without the 68-year-old researcher\u2019s body being found.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have found signs that the person fell through a crack in the glacier,\u201d police spokesman Brian Thomsen told local news<\/a>paper Sermitsiaq.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn accident has probably occurred and it is highly probable that the person in question has passed away,\u201d Thomsen added.<\/p>\n

His death was confirmed by WSL in a statement on Monday, which said staffers at the institute were \u201cshocked and aghast\u201d by the loss of Steffen.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not only lost the Director of our institute, but also a committed scientist and above all a unique and generous person and friend,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWe will all miss him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow scientist Kathy Riklin said it seemed a snow bridge had collapsed under Steffen, causing him to plummet into the crevasse, Agence France-Presse reported.<\/p>\n

The tragic accident occurred less than a mile from the research station Steffen established in 1990 \u2014 known as \u201cSwiss Camp\u201d \u2014 where he made an annual expedition.<\/p>\n

Assisted by NASA and the US National Science<\/a> Foundation, Steffen had been building a network of automatic weather stations there. At the time of the accident he was doing maintenance on these stations, according to Hegg.<\/p>\n

Steffen\u2019s 30-year study observing the changing nature of Greenland\u2019s ice sheet confirmed rising temperatures and sea levels, the most distinct features of climate change, The Washington Post reported.<\/p>\n

In 2017, he testified before Congress about the amount of ice melting in Greenland each year, saying it was equivalent to a mile-high column of water covering Washington D.C., according to the Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat got some attention,\u201d Steffen said at the time.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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