Marmolada is losing ice, the mountains are becoming more unstable and water at high altitude is no longer a given. That is the picture painted by Legambiente Veneto for the seventh edition of the Glacier Caravan, the international campaign that sets off from France and once again shines a spotlight on the ever faster transformation of the Alps.
Climate change in the Dolomites is no longer just a matter of landscape. What is worrying are the knock-on effects: glacier retreat, degradation of permafrost, increased slope instability and shrinking water reserves available in summer.
