Blankets Help Stave Off Glacier Melt on Swiss Ski Pistes

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Stefan Hallenbarter of Titlis Bergbahnen cable car operator stands on blankets covering parts of the glacier to protect it against melting on Mount Titlis near the Alpine resort of Engelberg, Switzerland August 25, 2021. In one of Switzerland's most popular Alpine destinations, resort staff have been working over the summer months to limit the impact of warming global temperatures on its glacial slopes - by blanketing the ice to block the sun. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

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An employee of Titlis Bergbahnen checks the seam after he sewed together blankets for the coverage of parts of the glacier to protect it against melting on Mount Titlis near the Alpine resort of Engelberg, Switzerland July 2, 2021. The 3,238-metre (10,623-ft) Mount Titlis has seen large swathes of ice disappear from its glacier over recent decades. Within the next half century, all of it is expected to melt. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

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The TV tower and the upper terminus are seen beside a snow field covered with blankets against melting on Mount Titlis near the Alpine resort of Engelberg, Switzerland August 25, 2021. But the Swiss government has said 90% of its remaining 1,500 glaciers will be gone by the end of the century if nothing is done to cut greenhouse gas emissions. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

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Employees of Titlis Bergbahnen cable car operator place blankets on parts of the glacier to protect it against melting on Mount Titlis near the Alpine resort of Engelberg, Switzerland July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

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A worker stands on blankets covering parts of the glacier to protect it against melting on Mount Titlis near the Alpine resort of Engelberg, Switzerland August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

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Blankets cover parts of the glacier to protect it against melting on Mount Titlis near the Alpine resort of Engelberg, Switzerland August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

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