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Editorial EDITORIAL As previously announced, Terra Glacialis has changed its format. For the better or the worse, over the last decade the dissemination of scientific reports has witnessed many changes, mostly driven by Internet, with further developments probably forthcoming. At the same time, other transformations as sudden as the previous ones have affected the objects of our studies: the glaciers. As a consequence, after 11 years we have been forced to partially reconsider scope, contents and timing of this magazine. More in detail, the fast evolution (actually a dramatic involution) of the glacialism of the Central Alps and the consequent and growing attention it demands are calling for a faster turnaround between the monitoring/data collection phase, on the one hand, and their analysis/divulgation among the scientific community, local authorities and ever growing ranks of interested and passionate people, on the other hand. Economic and organizational reasons internal to SGL, the editor of TG, have somehow dictated our choices: the result is the magazine the readers have in their hands. Having done away with monographs, articles addressing methodologies, monitoring reports or other miscellanea in favour of a faster and more effective report of meteorological, snow and glaciers data this TG is all about the last hydrological year. While we definitely hope that this will foster a quicker evaluation of the events, we are aiming at further timing improvements in the near future. The English/Italian version has disappeared, but only apparently. Actually, rather than forgoing the export of its contents, Terra Glacialis is splitting up, with a parallel edition in the “Language of Science” available in digital format only: the advantages of this choice are evident in terms of ecologic and economic returns, improved timing and faster international distribution. More in detail, with the exception of the monitoring data, we still plan to maintain all the contents the reader was used to find, sometimes in a seemingly disorganized layout, within the previous Terra Glacialis. This new Terra Glacialis will have a different format, possibly a less rigid publication timing but a more organic and coherent content. In practice, a series of monographic issues will be dedicated to specific topics, in the wake of our 2008 publication “Ghiacciai montani e cambiamenti climatici nell’ultimo secolo” (Mountain glaciers and climate changes in the last century). Several subjects are being evaluated already. To prove our determination, three TG’s, including this one, have been published in the last nine months: a remarkable effort for our organization. Still, more issues and more innovations are being considered. Back to our TG, the 2007-08 hydrological year has left us, once more, with a regional glacialism in its worst condition ever, though showing some signs of a slow- - 4 -
down of the current regression trend. Unfortunately, to dissipate a possible misunderstanding, there are still no indications of a reversal of the negative trend that has characterized the last few years. We recommend this issue of TG to the hasty journalists, who, seeing some consistent snowfalls in the first months of 2009, have filled the web, newspapers and TV channels with sensational headlines about a supposed “climatic inversion”. We feel obliged to thank those journalists for having unintentionally demonstrated that, besides a number of other good reasons, a magazine like Terra Glacialis is still much needed. The editorial staff - 5 - Editorial
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