Kebnekaise’s southern peak has not shrunk any further this year
- Sweden’s highest mountain Kebnekaise’s southern peak has not shrunk further over the last year, scientists say.
- The southern peak had previously been Sweden’s highest point, but following melting of the glacier on its top in 2019 due to global warming, it shrank, meaning the mountain’s north peak became Sweden’s highest point instead.
- “I think the explanation is that it was quite a cold summer up here in the Kebnekaise Mountains and at the Tarfala research station so it has not melted away so much” says Nina Kirchner, director at Tarfala research center.
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