US EditionItaly’s Ventina Glacier Has Melted so Much Geologists Now Can only Monitor It Remotely
The Ventina glacier has lost 431 meters in the last decade, with nearly half of that retreat since 2021, forcing new remote monitoring methods due to unstable terrain, officials said.
- On Monday, the Lombardy Glaciological Service said it will use drone imagery and remote sensing after Italy’s Ventina glacier melted so much that geologists can no longer measure it for the past 130 years.
- Italian glaciologists warn that inadequate snowfall and record hot summers have driven long-term receding of Italy’s mountain glaciers, with the Alps recording over 64% glacier volume loss since pre-industrial times.
- Since 1895, geologists note the Ventina glacier has lost 1.7 kilometers, shedding 431 meters in the last 10 years, nearly half since 2021.
- After this year’s hot summer, geologists found that benchmark stakes are buried under rockslides and debris, halting future in-person monitoring of Italy’s Ventina glacier.
- A study in the journal Nature reported glaciers lost about 255 billion tons annually from 2000 to 2011, quickening to about 346 billion tons over the next decade, said Andrea Toffaletti.
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A glacier in northern Italy has melted so much that geologists can no longer safely take measurements in person. Researchers discovered this summer that the measuring points on the Ventina Glacier are buried under shifting rocks and other debris. This has started to shift due to the melting of the ice. The area has become too inaccessible to safely take measurements in person, as has been the practice there for 130 years. From now on, the furthe…
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Italian glacier has melted so much geologists have had to change how they monitor it
Italy’s Ventina glacier, one of the biggest in northern Lombardy, has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.
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