How melting glaciers are forcing Switzerland, Italy to redraw borders
With Europe being the world’s fastest-warming continent, the impact of climate change is being felt most acutely in areas like the Alps. Melting glaciers have altered the frontier between Switzerland and Italy because the border itself is defined by the ridge lines of glaciers – which change as they shrink.
Part of the border will shift because of the glacial melt, in another sign of how much humans are changing the world by ...
A glacier monitoring group determined that Swiss glacier volume will total 11.1 cubic miles at the end of this year — nearly 7.2 cubic miles less than in 2000.
Global warming is causing all Alpine glaciers to recede, affecting natural boundaries and changing mountain routes.
The melting of glaciers in the Alps has forced Italy and Switzerland to redraw the border that runs between them in the ...
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