Over 200 major glaciers disappear in Italy due to changing climate: research


  • World
  • Thursday, 11 Aug 2022

ROME, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- More than 200 major Alpine glaciers have disappeared in Italy since record-keeping began in 1895, Italy's environmental lobby group Legambiente said in a report released on Wednesday.

In its third "Caravan of the Glaciers" report, Legambiente said the latest findings verified "the dramatic regression of glaciers due to the climate crisis."

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