Drought in the Mountains 2026: Shelters Closed, Less Milk and Glaciers in Crisis in the Alps
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From White to the Dolomites, climate change clears glaciers
Yellow pastures of dried grass, rivers to a minimum, even the leaves of some trees that from green turned to brown. Not to mention glaciers, black like pitch. If you had the possibility to fly over the Alps, under us we would have the photograph of drought at altitude: the drought that from the thousand meters [...] The article Refuges that close, cows without water and less cheese: so the drought (and the abnormal heat) bring the Alps to their …
The drought does not even save the pastures of the Vco. According to Coldiretti, the breeders will therefore be forced to a demontication (the descending phase of transhumance) of the cattle, never so early. The scarcity of water and the drastic reduction of the available grass are...
VERBANIA – Drought is bringing the mountain pastures of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola to their knees and threatens to force farmers to shed their livestock early, possibly up to a month earlier than the normal end of the high-altitude season. Coldiretti Novara-Vco has described this situation as unprecedented, reporting serious difficulties both in terms of water availability and in terms of grass and forage. At high altitudes, pastures are now often dry…
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