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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Snow at world s highest observatory melting earlier than ever before | History Defined

A cable car makes its way uphill to the Sonnblick observatory in this 2018 photograph.
A cable car makes its way uphill to the Sonnblick observatory in this 2018 photograph. Photograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters

The snow at the highest observatory in the world to be operated all-year-round is expected to completely melt in the next few days, the earliest time on record.

Scientists at the Sonnblick observatory in the Austrian Central Alps, which is 3,106 metres (10,190ft) above sea level, have been shocked and dismayed to see the snow depleting so quickly.

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