Blankets cover Swiss glacier in vain effort to halt icemelt

AFP English
AFP English
  • 9 years ago
From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow the melting of the rapidly retreating ice.

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