The country has lost as much ice in the last two years as it did in the three decades before 1990, researchers said, describing the ice melt as "catastrophic".
I expect that the ice will still be melting wherever they put it. And according to the article, what they put in its place is snow on crushed rock, so that’ll probably be melting too.
afaik they are important for the water supply of rivers in spring
I expect that the ice will still be melting wherever they put it. And according to the article, what they put in its place is snow on crushed rock, so that’ll probably be melting too.
The problem is that this melts in a few weeks in spring.
So we get flooding in spring and drought in autumn - instead of a nice steady flow from early spring to late autumn. The glaciers are irreplaceable.