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Alps Are in Trouble

A view of Mount Marmolada from Passo Fedaia in the Dolomites in South Tyrol.
A view of Mount Marmolada from Passo Fedaia in the Dolomites in South Tyrol. Photo: Luca Bruno (AP)

It’s not just the Marmolada glacier that’s in trouble. The Dolomites saw an unusually dry winter, which, combined with record-breaking temperatures across Europe over the past few weeks, is making already at-risk glaciers even more unstable. A study published in 2019 found that, by the end of the century under a worst-case emissions scenario, 90% of Alpine glaciers could completely disappear.