Glacier Has Lost 80% of Volume in 70 Years
The Marmolada glacier, which sits at the highest peak in the Dolomites mountain region, has been hit hard by climate change. In 2020, researchers at Padua University in Italy warned that much of the glacier could be gone in the next two decades. The glacier has lost around 80% of its volume since the 1950s, and the rate of ice loss increased over the past decade from around 5 hectares per year (12.3 acres) to about 9 hectares per year (22.3 acres).
