Look: A special wrap for an Italian glacier to save it from melting

Italians are trying to protect their alpine from global warming by covering the glacier

Published: June 23, 2020 12:56 Nilanjana Javed, Digital Content Editor, with inputs from AFP

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On the border of Lombardy and Trentino Alto Adige regions, workers unroll the sheets in long covering an area at an altitude of 2700 to 3000 meters. The Austrian made tarps cover cost upto $450 each and takes the team six weeks to install them. And another six weeks to remove them before the winter sets in again. Image Credit: AFP

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Franco Del Pero who leads the operation told AFP that technological improvement means contemporary tarps protect better than earlier versions. Image Credit: AFP

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An aerial photo shows workers covering with huge geotextile sheets the Presena glacier (2700m-3000m) on the Val di Sole near Pellizzano in Trentino, northern Italy, in order to delay snow melting on skiing slopes. Image Credit: AFP

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A huge sheet put up on the the Presena glacier. Image Credit: AFP

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Once the ski season is over, the cable cars are berthed, conservationist race to try and stop it melting by using white tarps that block the sun's ray. Image Credit: AFP

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Summer is here and the alpine ice is being protected from global warming. In northern Italy the Presena glacier has lost more than one third of its volume since 1993. Image Credit: AFP

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A huge sheet is put on the Presena glacier, in order to delay snow melting on ski slopes.The covering are geotextile tarpaulins that reflect sunlight , maintaining a temperature lower than the external one, and thus preserving as much snow as possible. Image Credit: AFP

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Workers move methodically down the mountain under the clear blue skies to pull the coverings taut, to sew them together to ensure warm drafts do not slip underneath. Bags of sands then act as anchors against the winds. Image Credit: AFP

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