{"id":4967,"date":"2019-09-25T06:23:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T01:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/09\/mont-blanc-glacier-in-danger-of-collapse-experts-warn\/"},"modified":"2019-09-25T06:23:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T01:23:47","slug":"mont-blanc-glacier-in-danger-of-collapse-experts-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/2019\/09\/25\/mont-blanc-glacier-in-danger-of-collapse-experts-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Mont Blanc: Glacier in danger of collapse, experts warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Experts say part of the glacier can be broken at the Grandes Jorasses peak<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">After experts warned that some of Mont Blanc&#39;s glaciers could fall, Italian authorities closed down the roads and withdrew the cabins.<\/p>\n<p>About 250,000 cubic meters of ice are at risk of falling off the Planpincieux glacier on the Grandes Jorasses peak, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Coumayeur, a nearby village, said that global warming is changing the mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Mont Blanc Massif is the highest mountain range in Western Europe.<\/p>\n<p>There are more than 4,000 meters of 11 peaks in France and Italy, attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists each year.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Mayor Courmayeur Stefano Fine Roach signed an order to close the Val Ferret road to Mont Blanc Italy.<\/p>\n<p>He says there are no threats to residential areas or tourist facilities, but he is evacuating cabins in the Rochefort area as a preventive measure.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This is once again showing how mountains are undergoing major periods of change due to climate factors,&quot; Prime Minister Fine Roach said.<\/p>\n<p>Experts from the Valle d&#39;Aosta local government and the Von Dazione Monta Gnakkura (Safeda Foundation) say that it is impossible to predict exactly when the ice mass will collapse.<\/p>\n<p>As global temperatures rise, mountain glaciers are melting and arctic glaciers are retreating.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, dozens took part in the &quot;funeral march&quot; to announce the disappearance of the Pizol glacier in northeastern Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Glarus Alps glaciers have been reduced to smaller portions of their original size.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists say they have lost more than 80{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} since 2006, a trend that is accelerated by rising global temperatures.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty images Image caption Experts say part of the glacier can be broken at the Grandes Jorasses peak After experts warned that some of Mont Blanc&#39;s glaciers could fall, Italian authorities closed down the roads and withdrew the cabins. 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