An machine-driven weather balloon had to rise 5,184 meter ( 17,008 feet ) above the Swiss Alps before it found temperatures at freezing point ( 0 ° C , 32 ° F ) or below , MeteoSwiss , Switzerland ’s Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology , account Monday .
The office explained that this is a phonograph record - hit , intermit the previous phonograph record of 5,117 meters ( 16,788 feet ) set on July 20 , 1995 .
It ’s specially startling when the freezing peak reaches this elevation in Western Europe because itexceeds even the high-pitched mountain in the Alps , Mont Blanc , which stands at a top of 4,807 m ( 15,770 feet ) . Even before the new record was attain this week , MeteoSwiss says July has see a number of trend - get around freezing point altitudes that have been notably higher than the norm you ’d ask to see in July .
" The course of July so far is also phonograph recording - breaking,“MeteoSwisssaid in a blog post .
“ To particular date , there is only one mensuration above 5,000 meters , to be precise at 5,117 meters , dated July 20 , 1995 . A economic value above 4,900 meters would match to a place in the top ten . "
“ The freezing level is an inbuilt part of the atmospheric condition written report . It marks the height from which temperatures drop into the immobilize range , " they added . " presently , this limitation is beyond the highest bill of the Alps , which is not very rough-cut . "
It ’s unmortgaged that the mood crisis is starting to touch on almost every quoin of our major planet , even the typically frosty higher - altitude mountains . In fact , research has indicated that global warming is occurring at an accelerated pace in many high - elevation regions . One sketch in 2015showed that temperatures above 4,000 meters ( 13,120 feet ) have warmed 75 per centum faster than at height below 2,000 meters ( 6,560 feet ) over the past 20 years .
With this come huge disruption to both humans and other animal alike . Other research has highlighted how many animal species are being forced to shift their habit further and further up slew ranges , hoping to evade the warming temperatures below .
