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September 26, 2019

Climate Crisis Drives Mont Blanc Glacier Toward Collapse
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Italian authorities have evacuated communities and closed roads around
Mont Blanc, warning the mountain's glacier is at risk of collapse, with
9 million cubic feet of ice set to break away. This is Stefano
Miserocchi, mayor of the town of Courmayeur, which was partially
evacuated.

Mayor Stefano Miserocchi: "This risk of collapse is definitely due to
global warming. The average temperatures in the mountains keep getting
higher, and there is less rain in the winter, therefore all the glaciers
are in crisis."

This comes after the Northern Hemisphere experienced its warmest summer
on record, and all five of the hottest summers on record have occurred
in the last five years.


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