CO2: 420.99 ppmThe glacier, in the Marmolada range, is the largest in the Dolomite mountains in northeastern Italy. It has been rapidly melting away over the past decades, with much of its volume gone.
As search and rescue operations resume, authorities say 17 people remain unaccounted for, following the partial collapse of a mountain glacier.
Hikers in the Dolomites in northern Italy said they were frightened after a glacier collapsed at the weekend, killing at least seven people in a tragedy experts linked to rising temperatures.
Five Italian climbers were still missing more than 48 hours after the deadly collapse of part of a mountain glacier in the Alps, a tragedy that is being blamed on rising temperatures.
Helicopter crews and drones flew over the Italian Alps on Monday searching for 14 people missing after part of a mountain glacier collapsed, killing at least seven people in a disaster experts linked to rising temperatures.
Glaciers in Europe's Alps are becoming more unstable and dangerous as rising temperatures linked to climate change are reawakening what were long seen as dormant, almost fossilised sheets of ice.
Rescuers were searching for at least 19 missing hikers after a glacier collapse during an early heat wave on Marmolada, the highest mountain in the Dolomites.
Italian rescue teams on Wednesday found two more victims of the glacier collapse in the Alps that is feared to have killed up to 12 people and is being blamed on rising temperatures.
Emergency officials said another eight people have been injured, with two suffering serious injuries.
Parts of a mountain glacier collapsed in the Italian Alps on Sunday amid record temperatures, local authorities said, killing at least six people and injuring eight.
Italian police on Saturday confirmed 11 people died when a glacier collapsed in the Alps in an incident being blamed on rising temperatures.
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