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Alpine glaciers retreat and rockfalls rise as climate change destabilizes the European Alps

Rising temperatures are shrinking Alpine glaciers and thawing permafrost, triggering more frequent rockfalls in the Mont Blanc massif and threatening towns such as Chamonix-Mont-Blanc with potential mountain collapses.

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Rising temperatures are shrinking Alpine glaciers and thawing permafrost, triggering more frequent rockfalls in the Mont Blanc massif and threatening towns such as Chamonix-Mont-Blanc with potential mountain collapses.