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Mont Blanc faces climate change crisis with melting glaciers and rock falls

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Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest peak, is experiencing significant impacts from climate change, including increased rock falls and glacier instability. Communities in France and Italy are deeply concerned about the mountain's transformation due to rising temperatures, which are causing permafrost to thaw and destabilize rock faces. Researchers are documenting dramatic glacial retreat, with some areas losing over 40% of their surface area since 1991, leading to urgent preparations for potential catastrophic events. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · The Associated Press, Alex Turnbull, John Leicester ·

    ‘It hits us in the gut’: Mont Blanc faces defrosting and rock falls from climate change as communities ‘weep’ for the mountain peak

    Heat waves have melted some of the permafrost that held the steep rock faces of the Alpine peaks together, leaving collapsing walls.

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