Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Italy and Switzerland have agreed to shift their shared border in the
Alps. Here’s why
Much of today’s 744-kilometer border between Italy and Switzerland runs
across the High Alps, rising above 4,000 meters. The impact of global warming is
severe even at this high altitude. In 2022, Switzerland’s glaciers lost 6% of
volume and another 4% last year, eroding some part of the border between the
two states. In May last year, a joint Italian-Swiss commission agreed to redraw
a border that traverses an Alpine peak as melting glaciers shift the
historically defined frontier. Last month, Switzerland officially approved the
treaty, and Italy is expected to approve it soon. As sea levels rise, glaciers recede,
and ice sheets melt, we’ll soon see a world map that looks quite different from
today’s.
Read the article and learn another impact of global warming.
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