- Title: Melting Mont Blanc: watch glaciers melt at a record pace
- Date: 23rd August 2021
- Summary: LES HOUCHES, FRANCE (RECENT - AUGUST 14, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS DRONE VIEWS OF MONT BLANC MOUNTAIN COMPLEX, EUROPE’S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN AT 4,809 METRES (MUTE) SUN IN SKY GLACIER CHAMONIX, FRANCE (RECENT - AUGUST 14, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS PHARMACIST’S SIGN WITH THERMOMETER, SHOWING 31 DEGREES CELCIUS, 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR AUGUST. MONT BLANC MASSIF IN BACKGROUND GLACIER ST. GERVAIS, FRANCE (RECENT - AUGUST 18, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BIONNASSAY GLACIER, ONE OF THE SMALLER GLACIERS ON THE FLANKS OF THE MONT BLANC MASSIF RIVER STREAM VARIOUS GLACIERS UNDER CLOUD HILL WALKER ASCENDING PAST GLACIER WATER POURING OFF BIONNASSAY GLACIER CREVICES IN GLACIER WATER AND GLACIER WATER AND GLACIER (DIGITALLY ZOOMED REPEAT OF SHOT 12) WATER POURING OFF GLACIER (DIGITALLY ZOOMED REPEAT OF SHOT 10) CREVICE TORRENT COMING OFF GLACIER END OF GLACIER, SHOWING SPACE IT USED TO OCCUPY CHAMONIX, FRANCE (RECENT - AUGUST 20, 2021) (REUTERS) CENTRAL CHAMONIX, AT THE FOOT OF THE MONT BLANC VARIOUS STATUE COMMEMORATING MOUNTAINEER HENRI BENEDICT DE SAUSSURE WHO CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN IN 1787 VARIOUS OF TORRENT FLOWING VARIOUS OF CHURCH VARIOUS OF CASINO ST. GERVAIS, FRANCE (RECENT - AUGUST 17, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF THE MER DE GLACE (SEA OF ICE) GLACIER, EUROPE’S THIRD-LARGEST GLACIER WHICH SCIENTISTS SAY HAS SHRUNK AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE RESTAURANT ON FRINGE OF GLACIER VARIOUS OF CABLE CARS VARIOUS OF PLAQUE MARKING THE LEVEL OF THE GLACIER IN 2015 VARIOUS OF WATER FLOWING OFF GLACIER VARIOUS OF TUNNEL IN GLACIER VARIOUS OF TOURISTS INSIDE GLACIER VARIOUS OF WATER DRIPPING FROM ROOF OF GLACIER TUNNEL VARIOUS OF RESTAURANT ST. GERVAIS, FRANCE (AUGUST 20, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS SUN IN SKY, TOPS OF CLOUDS VARIOUS GLACIER ON THE PIC DU MIDI PEAK OF THE MONT BLANC, CLIMBERS IN THE FOREGROUND VARIOUS MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS SETTING OFF ALONG GLACIER VARIOUS OBSERVATION POINT AT AIGUILLE DU MID PEAK, 3,842 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL VARIOUS SNOW-COVERED RIDGES VARIOUS MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS TIMELAPSE OF AIGUILLE DU MID (MUTE)
- Embargoed: 6th September 2021 11:54
- Keywords: Mont Blanc drone glaciers
- Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, FRANCE
- City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Environment,Europe,Weather
- Reuters ID: LVA001ERI41TZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: In few places can the ravages of climate change be seen as starkly as on the flanks of Europe’s largest mountain, the Mont Blanc, where glaciers have been melting at a record rate.
Video shows some of the key sights around the Mont Blanc massif, which spans France, Italy, and Switzerland.
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