Nepal's flood disaster and the impact of climate change loom large in the icy shadow of Mont Blanc
- For centuries, French and Italian mountain communities on the flanks of Western Europe's highest peak have gazed upon seemingly eternal glaciers and snow that gave the colossus its name: Mont Blanc, the white mountain.
- But climate warming is dismantling the picture at alarming speed.
- Europe's record heat waves this summer savaged permafrost that for millennia has acted like glue on the Alpine landscape.
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- For centuries, French and Italian mountain communities on the flanks of Western Europe's highest peak have gazed upon seemingly eternal glaciers and snow that gave the colossus its name: Mont Blanc, the white mountain.
- But climate warming is dismantling the picture at alarming speed.
- Europe's record heat waves this summer savaged permafrost that for millennia has acted like glue on the Alpine landscape.
Sources: The Independent