According to a story Friday in The Guardian, a huge chunk of rock–twice the size of the Empire State Building–is about to fall off the famous Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps.
Since the alarm was sounded for the Eiger tourists have been gathering around the town of Grindelwald in the hope of seeing what promises to be the biggest rockfall in living memory.
The cause? Global warming, at least according to Dr. Hans Rudolph Keusen, a European researcher who has been surveying the mountain with "satellite based imaging radar systems."
His warning has brought in some out-of-towners, too.
Tourists are coming from all over to see the world fall apart.
Literally.
Guess I’m living in the 21st century.
Here’s a picture of the mountain, along with a first-person account over a recent visit, from Walter Cummings.
Kit Stolz 
Good morning, Kit. Thank you for this interesting post. I featured it this morning in a piece on our blog titled “How do scientists know what’s true?”
http://earthskyblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-do-scientists-know-whats-true.html
I enjoy your blog!
Deborah Byrd
Earth & Sky Radio Series
http://www.earthsky.org/
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Thank you so much Deborah! I’m very appreciative for the link, and I love your program. So many scientists in this world deserve more attention, and I think Earth & Sky is doing a great job of allowing them to speak out in a way we all can understand.
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