Research increasingly suggests that foehn winds have a major effect on the ice shelf's melt rates in ways that could make it more prone to fracturing and potentially collapsing.

What if a single gust of wind could spark a wildfire, melt snow in seconds, and push temperatures up by 10°C or more? :wind_face::fire: In this video, we explore the strange and powerful Föhn ...

Foehn experienced 100% growth in 2021, compared to 2020. Climbing has served as the key sport, anchored by the Brise pant, accounting for as much as half the company's business, ...

It's a word that, in German, also means "hairdryer". And that's just what it's like. A hot, dry wind that sweeps down a mountainside, baking everything in its path.

The winds result from subtle changes in the atmospheric circulation due to climate warming; they could have major consequences. Land of Melting Ice.

She’s not alone. Across Austria, and in parts of Switzerland, Italy and Germany, when the foehn howls, people moan. The unusually warm, dry gusts--a touch of spring in the middle of winter--are ...

The foehn effect is a weather phenomenon in which one side of high ground – most often something like a mountain, which we’ll use as an example below – experiences cold, wet weather, whilst ...

On a Foehn day, the Eiger, a good 60km from the Swiss capital, Berne, looks close enough to touch. "You have an incredible view, you can see for miles and miles and miles," says Berne resident ...

The rate of ice loss from Thwaites glacier, the subject of a major international collaboration, has doubled in the last 30 years, while the neighbouring Pine Island Glacier, the fastest shrinking ...