Employees of Titlis Bergbahnen cable car operator place blankets on parts of the glacier to protect it against melting on Mount Titlis near the Alpine resort of Engelberg, Switzerland July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
MOUNT TITLIS, Switzerland (Reuters) - In one of Switzerland's most popular Alpine destinations, resort staff have been working over the summer months to limit the impact of warming global temperatures on its glacial slopes - by blanketing the ice to block the sun.
The 3,238-metre (10,623-ft) Mount Titlis has seen large swathes of ice disappear from its glacier over recent decades. Within the next half century, all of it is expected to melt.
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