Really TRUE odd factoids

[kynikos]

Mont Blanc has officially grown 2 metres after a recent measure.
They put it down to the ice cap getting thicker.

I think not - unless you call the 2023 reading recent.

 

[classic33]

I think not - unless you call the 2023 reading recent.

Most of the French press report it as "growing" since 2023.
One example.

 

[kynikos]

Depends which years figures you use, doesn't it? What we can be sure of is that it snows on Mont Blanc, the snow compacts and is of variable thickness dependent on a number of factors and scientists use the more stupid definition of the height:

The height of a mountain with snow or ice on the summit is generally defined as its total elevation above a vertical datum (such as mean sea level) to the highest point of that snow and ice cap, though it can also be measured to the underlying bedrock.

 

[Dave7]

I think not - unless you call the 2023 reading recent.

It was on yesterday's news so I dont know.

 

[classic33]

Depends which years figures you use, doesn't it? What we can be sure of is that it snows on Mont Blanc, the snow compacts and is of variable thickness dependent on a number of factors and scientists use the more stupid definition of the height:

The height of a mountain with snow or ice on the summit is generally defined as its total elevation above a vertical datum (such as mean sea level) to the highest point of that snow and ice cap, though it can also be measured to the underlying bedrock.

For this example, the scientists have used heights taken in 2026 and compared it against the 2023 height.

 

[Webbo2]

To get real. If you take in to account a busy day up there and 30 to 40 folk stamp over the snowy/ Icy summit, it’s going to lose a metre or two.