- Title: Melting Mont Blanc: France's highest peak has shrunk, measurements show
- Date: 29th September 2021
- Summary: LES HOUCHES, FRANCE (FILE - 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 (FILE - AUGUST 14, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS PHARMACIST'S SIGN WITH THERMOMETER, SHOWING 31 DEGREES CELCIUS, 10 DEGREESABOVE AVERAGE FOR AUGUST. MONT BLANC MASSIF IN BACKGROUND GLACIER ST GERVAIS, FRANCE (FILE - AUGUST 18, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BIONNASSAY GLACIER, ONE OF THE SMALLER GLACIERS ON THE FLANKS OF THE MONT BLANC MASSIF RIVER STREAM VARIOUS GLACIER 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 (FILE - AUGUST 20, 2021) (REUTERS) CENTRAL CHAMONIX, AT THE FOOT OF THE MONT BLANC VARIOUS STATUE COMMEMORATING MOUTAINEER HENRI BENEDICT DE SAUSSURE WHO . CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN IN 1787 VARIOUS OF TORRENT FLOWING VARIOUS OF CHURCH VARIOUS OF CASINO ST GERVAIS, FRANCE (FILE - 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 (FILE - 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 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: 13th October 2021 14:45
- Keywords: France Mont Blanc climate change mountain peak
- Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, FRANCE
- City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Environment,Europe
- Reuters ID: LVA001EWRWTHJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: France's highest mountain, the Mont Blanc, has shrunk by nearly a metre, the latest report from a team of experts show.
Nestled in the Alps, the Mont Blanc, whose massif spans France, Italy and Switzerland, now rises at 4,807.81 metres (15,773.65 feet), 92 centimetres (36.22 inches) less than in 2017, according to latest figures from a team of 30 experts who conducted the measurements for the local government.
The peak reached its highest altitude, at 4,810 metres (15,780.84 feet), in 2007.
For surveyors, however, the shrinking should be taken with a grain of salt since it could be a natural phenomenon.
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