‘Exceptional year’: Mont Blanc shrinks by another 2 metres
by Peter Beaumont from Environment | The Guardian on (#6FARD)
Mountain's peak has been measured every two years since 2001 and height has varied by almost 5 metres
Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in the Alps, has shrunk by 2.2 metres since 2021 to its lowest height in recent memory.
The mountain, which is capped by a ridge of ice covering the rock, was measured by a team of surveyors from the Haute-Savoie regional administration, aided by a drone.
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