Climate. 2026 Is Marked by a Record Decline in the Alps, Due to the Heat
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The Alps, and particularly the Mont Blanc massif, have been hit by a record number of rockslides this summer, resulting in fatalities. A large part of that increase is due to the climate crisis, says Ludovic Ravanel, a geomorphologist at the French Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).
The year 2026 will certainly be a record year, both in the frequency of rock falls and in the amount of rock.
The year "2026 will certainly be a record", both in the frequency of the landslides and in the amount of rocks that have broken off from the mountains almost daily, assures the AFP the scientist and member of the company of the guides of Chamonix (Haute-Savoie). At the end of a summer punctuated by waves of extreme heat, the number of collapses - the largest landslides recorded - should rise to 450 in the massif of Mont-Blanc alone, according to…
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According to the CNRS, "a large majority" of the landslides in the Alps in 2026 are "caused by the climate crisis." The number of collapses – the largest landslides recorded – is expected to rise to 450 in the Mont Blanc massif alone.
A CNRS researcher warns about the very high number of collapses in the Alps in 2026, linked to abnormally high temperatures. Even with the arrival of autumn, heat waves could have an impact on the mountain until January.
Illustration - BELGAIMAGE In the Alps, and especially in the Mont Blanc massif, the canicule summer was marked by "a record" of collapses, sometimes fatal, of which "a large majority is attributable to the climate crisis", according to Ludovic Ravanel, geomorphologist at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).The year "2026 will certainly be a record", both in the frequency of collapses and in the quantity of rocks that have bee…
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