Switzerland and Italy have officially redrawn part of their border in the Alps due to the effects of climate change, particularly the melting of glaciers. Part of the area affected will be beneath the Matterhorn, one of Europe’s tallest mountains, and close to a number of popular ski resorts, News.Az reports, citing BBC. Large sections...
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Man’s pics in front of same glacier 15 years apart show devastating impact of climate change
Glaciers worldwide are rapidly melting due to climate change. Rising global temperatures fuel the shrinking of these colossal ice formations. A man shared two pictures that show such changes in Switzerland’s Rhone Glacier. His post sadly captures the glacier’s devastating state. The image shows a picture a man took in front of Rhone Glacier in...
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A hiker discovered a wealthy traveler’s remains on a skiing glacier in Switzerland. They turned out to be 400 years old.
The Theodul Glacier was expanding when a mysterious man in thin leather shoes trekked across its surface about 400 years ago. This field of ice high in the Alps, below the iconic and imposing Matterhorn, formed a treacherous pass between what is now Switzerland and Italy. It was the middle of the Little Ice Age,...