Wrap up cool: Blankets help stave off glacier melt on Swiss ski pistes
Mount Titlis/Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters 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 Mount Titlis has seen large swathes of ice disappear from its glacier […]
“Democratise the mountains”: Chileans demand green space for all
MATT MAYNARD, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the push to turn a wilderness near Santiago into a new national park – and why some are opposed…
PAKISTAN: VILLAGERS “LIVING BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH” AS GLACIERS MELT
PEER MUHAMMAD, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Pakistan…