In Norway, they offered to save the melting glacier with the help of artificial snow.

A melting Norwegian mountain glacier located at the highest point of the Scandinavian Mountains, Gallhepiggen, can be saved by using artificial snow. This was announced on April 19 by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).

The idea was suggested by Per Arne Wohle, manager of the Gallhepiggen Summer Ski Center. According to him, the natural object can be saved if 700 thousand cubic meters of artificial snow are maintained annually. From this amount of precipitation, you can create a snowdrift measuring 100 x 100 x 70 m.

"Only during my time where we are now, the level has decreased by 17 m. Therefore, if we do not add artificial snow, in eight years there will be no more glaciers here," Wole warned.

1 million cubic meters of snow disappear from the glacier every year.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)— the UN meteorological body, reported on March 18 that record levels of high temperatures in 2024 accelerated the melting of glaciers and sea ice. This has led to rising sea levels and brought the world closer to a key warming threshold. It clarifies that other factors could have influenced the global temperature increase last year, including changes in the solar cycle, a powerful volcanic eruption and a decrease in the amount of cooling aerosols.