Italian glaciers are increasingly at
risk due to the climate crisis, environmental group Legambiente
said in a new report on Thursday.
Glaciers in the Alps have been reduced by some 60% in the last
150 years, it said.
In the eastern Alps, the shrinkage has been even worse, the
report said.
In the eastern Alps. the report said, the situation of the
Marmolada Glacier is "especially concerning".
On the basis of the latest data, it said, the famed glacier may
disappear entirely in 15-20 years, the report said.
The Marmolada is the only glacier in the Dolomites and a symbol
of Italian-Austrian fighting in WWI.
The report said the contraction of Alpine glaciers in Italy "has
notably accelerated" since the the end of the 1980s.
"The delicate balance of the high-altitude glacial environments
has been overwhelmed by the progress of global warming," it
said.
Legambiente put forward 12 proposals to adequately face the
dangers caused by Alpine climate change.
It called on the government to take urgent action.
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