Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps following heatwaves
Temperatures in the Alps are warming at around 0.3 deg C per decade - around twice as fast as the global average. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Temperatures in the Alps are warming at around 0.3 deg C per decade - around twice as fast as the global average. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Ski resorts in the Swiss Alps that rely on glaciers are being covered with white sheets to reflect sunlight and reduce melting.
The Alps' glaciers are on track for their highest mass losses in at least 60 years of record keeping, data shared exclusively with Reuters shows.
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Most of the world's mountain glaciers - remnants of the last ice age - are retreating due to climate change. But those in the European Alps are especially vulnerable because they are smaller with relatively little ice cover.