Friday, 1 October 2021

The Shrinking of Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc is the tallest mountain in Western Europe. French scientists have found that it has been shrinking by an average of 13cm per year since 2001 (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/29/mont-blanc-shrinks-a-metre-since-last-official-measurement-in-2017). Since its last 'official' measurement (estimations, in some years, are regarded as suspect) in 2017, Mont Blanc has shrunk by 1 metre. The scientists are uncertain what factors account for the phenonmenon but it's a dramatic change.
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