Glacier protection. View across the surface of the Rhone glacier, showing rolls of insulating material used to protect the rapidly receding glacier fr

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Glacier protection. View across the surface of the Rhone glacier, showing rolls of insulating material used to protect the rapidly receding glacier from the Sun's radiation. Photographed in Swiss Alps.

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Photo credit: © DR JUERG ALEAN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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