The Marmolada glacier is one of the hardest hit by the climate crisis
The data published this Wednesday (30) raised concern for the state of the glaciers in the far north of Italy, which in recent decades have suffered from rising temperatures due to the climate crisis.
According to measurements carried out by experts from the University of Padua and the Italian Glaciological Committee, the frozen surface of the Marmolada glacier reached 112 hectares in 2022, half the value recorded in 2000 and a quarter compared to 1900.
The study also points out that the glacier’s surface area is expected to remain below one square kilometer (100 hectares) in the coming years.
“This summer the Alpine glaciers are melting heavily due to the combination of the fragile snowfalls of the last two winters and the high summer temperatures,” said Mauro Valt, researcher at the regional agency for environmental prevention and protection (ARPAV ) from Veneto, who also spoke. in the measurement.
In July 2022, a landslide on the Marmolada, one of the most famous and visited glaciers in the country, killed 11 people.
Last week Greenpeace and the Italian Glaciological Committee warned that up to 80% of the country’s glaciers could disappear by 2060 due to the climate crisis. .
Source: Terra
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