Giant ice chunk from glacier sparks forces evacuations

Dozens of people have been evacuated from a valley in northern Italy amid fears that a section of ice the size of a football field could collapse from a Mount Blanc glacier.
About 75 people, including 60 tourists, have left the Ferret Valley in the Alpine region of Valle d'Aosta.
Stefano Miserocchi, the mayor of Courmayeur, also closed a main road in the valley, according to the websites of the affected villages.
At a press conference on Friday, Valerio Segor, the region's director of natural risk management, said the evacuation could not be delayed.
"The measure could not be postponed following a survey of the glacier of Planpincieux that shows a section of 500,000 square meters of ice that could rapidly detach from the rock," Segor said.
Located in the Mont Blanc massif, the glacier has been under surveillance since 2012 because of the effects of climate change, according to Fabrizio Troilo, from the Montagna Sicura (Secure Mountain) Foundation, which is charged with monitoring the glacier.
The glacier is classified as a "temperate" one as opposed to "cold" because it has water between the mass of ice and mountain.

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  1. Yep. The way 2020 is going, it wouldn’t be surprising if the news reported tomorrow that the Moon has decided to crash into the Earth.

    1. its actually moving away from the Earth. I can’t blame the moon. heck 2020 been such very bad year. the moon want to leave too lol

  2. Maybe if we pay all the rich people there carbon tax that they want it Will solve all the problems lmfao

    1. You won’t be able to drink any of this. It will end up in sea and that sea water will soon become flood water

    1. Your Democratic ran schools don’t even have science class anymore. It’s obvious you have a lot to learn yourself. Nice try though.

    2. Crossed Rifles Did Trump University teach you where Thighland is located on a world map because I’m having a hard time finding it

  3. At this point, melting glaciers should be a obvious warning sign or in this case, warming sign of climate change. 2020 will likely be the hottest year on record. We’re seeing melting glaciers, rising sea levels,’ore extreme floods, droughts, and more. Granted not every weather event is caused by global warming, but a warming climate can make them worst.

    Stay safe Italy, with my Italian brothers 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇸🇮🇹

    1. 22Halfbreed you do realize the last ice age ended 12,000 years ago and that we have been in a stable warm period known as the Holocene? The current warming is all because of human activity.
      NOAA
      https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-information
      https://www.climate.gov
      https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
      https://www.noaa.gov
      NASA
      https://climate.nasa.gov
      https://data.giss.nasa.gov
      https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
      Other Cites
      http://berkeleyearth.org/static/pdf/skeptics-guide-to-climate-change.pdf

      https://www.skepticalscience.com

      https://www.carbonbrief.org/category/science

      https://climatereanalyzer.org

      https://www.climatecentral.org

      https://www.climatefeedback.org

      https://www.ipcc.ch

      https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/OandA/Areas/Assessing-our-climate/Climate-change-QA/What

      http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/

      https://ds.data.jma.go.jp/tcc/tcc/products/gwp/temp/ann_wld.html

      https://climate.copernicus.eu/ipcc-special-report-global-warming-15oc

      https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-change/what-is-climate-change

      https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Space_for_our_climate/Climate_change

      https://public.wmo.int/en

      https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_168058.htm
      Videos
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OWXoRSIxyIU
      13 Misconceptions about Climate Change
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hphdsLcSTYQ
      Are humans causing the warming?
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nEQghbA3pLM
      How warmer oceans are effecting Earths climate/weather
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oBIQbja-BPY
      How Global Warming could cause more extreme cold.
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6_VJXHfMevM
      Why the Polar Vortex is Natural
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z9gHuAwxwAs
      How the Anthropocene is the 6th mass extinction (possibly)
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kSjTsInyveE
      Star Talk on Climate Change
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNkVGiSgOM4
      Sea level rise
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ziqeZTruWMY
      Causes of an ice age through Earths history.
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ihPWZe87Am4&list=WL&index=114&t=0s
      Global Warming is Geological Terms
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YQAFqX8bv84
      Why we confuse weather and climate
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5cY7fSbUWA8&t=15s
      Is a Warming Climate causing more extreme weather
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wjgCaF9BGUo&t=12s
      No “Solar Ice Age” Coming Soon

      Just because earth was warmer than today millions of years ago doesn’t mean humans are rapidly warming now. In fact 125,000 years ago during the Emian interglacial, global temperatures were 1-2°C hotter than today yet sea levels were 20 feet higher than today. The current climate change is happening on a larger scale and we’re expecting a 4-5°C increase in earths temperature by 2100. Something earth has not seen for tens of millions of years. https://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/hansen_15/

      https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/GlobalWarming/page3.php

      https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

      https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2878/a-degree-of-concern-why-global-temperatures-matter/

      https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/SR15_Chapter1_Low_Res.pdf

      https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/impacts-climate-change-one-point-five-degrees-two-degrees/?utm_source=web&utm_campaign=Redirect

      https://www.vox.com/a/weather-climate-change-us-cities-global-warming

  4. Throughout the known universe, hundreds of stars go novae every minute. Let me guess, that too is Trumps fault?

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