Glacier collapse in Italian Alps.

July 5, 2022

The avalanche took place on the Marmolada, which at more than 3,300 metres is the highest peak in the Dolomites, a range in the eastern Italian Alps straddling the regions of Trento and Veneto.
Rising average temperatures have caused the Marmolada glacier, like many others around the world, to shrink steadily over recent decades.
According to the polar sciences institute of the National Research Council (CNR), For weeks the temperatures at high altitudes in the Alps have been well above normal values, while this past winter there has been little snow, which hardly protects the glacial basins anymore.