Published 17:53 IST, October 3rd 2019

Eagle records Alpine glaciers crumbling due to global warming

A nine-year-old white-tailed eagle named Victor with a camera attached between his wings has flown over the Alpine glaciers and recorded them crumbling

Reported by: Bhavya Sukheja
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A white-tailed eagle named Victor flies over Alps and capture once-magnificent Alpine glaciers with help of a camera attached between his wings. Organizers hope that spectacular eagle's view foot will jolt world as it shows how glaciers have been affected by global warming. video aims at convincing viewers of importance of protecting birds and ir environment. freedom Conservation founder Jacques-Olivier Travers reportedly claims that this would be first time that world will ride on an eagle's back over such distance and see how he flies. 

“Humanity has two dreams: to swim with dolphins and fly with eagles. This is first time that we’ll really ride on an eagle’s back over such distances and such vistas, and see how he flies. How can you convince people to protect birds and ir environment if you never show m what birds see?”

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Italian glacier on verge of collapsing

Nine-year-old Victor is also set to fly through Germany, Austria, and Italy and will be reportedly ending his mountain tour in France on October 07. eagle will be supposedly starting on October 03 from top of Swiss mountain Piz Corvatsch with a 360-degree camera on his back and a GPS to track his progress. Victor has earlier taken flights over Paris and Burj Khalifa and has captured millions of views, however, organizers claim that because y don't have a remote control, eagle can wander off anywhere. Victor's flight comes as Italian authorities are scrambling to respond to reported fears that a large part of an Italian glacier near Mont Blanc is on verge of collapsing. 

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Ronald Menzel, Freedom Conservation Managing Director reportedly says that rate planet is warming, it's too late to save Alp's glaciers. He furr believes that Victor's popularity will spur viewers into taking action. 

“We hope that once more, people are going to see nature from a totally different perspective and just reconnect to it and realize that wow, it’s actually something that is amazing and that we want to do something to preserve,” he said. 

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Melting glaciers

A study published on September 13 stated that largest glacier in Alps, Aletsch, could completely melt away by year 2100 if we do thing to cease Climate Change. As per ETH technical university in Zurich, using a cutting edge simulation, a group of Swiss researchers showed what will happen to glacier if earth continues to get warmer. Until w tongue of glacier has melted for about 0.6 miles which are around 11 billion tonnes of ice. Scientists said that reduction in ice will continue even if Paris Agreement target of capping global warming at well below 2 degrees Celsius is met.  

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(With inputs from AP)

11:42 IST, October 3rd 2019