Sunday 12 August 2012

Climate change CH...

The climate changed and will change. We scientist look in the glass marble use models etc to understand the recent and forecast the future.
The Alptal has an above CH average amount of precipitation. This amount of water dilute what ever is solved in the water. This summer season 2012 is rather mild, has an below average monthly precipitation input and streams are in a low flow regime. Last three years I visited the Alptal regularly but never saw up to now algae in the water! Will be this the biggest problem in CH with the changing climate: water quality?

AT1, algae s attached to the bank

Greeninsh algae soup

Stream gauge AT1 with algae attached