Meltwater point of Rhone Glacier, Valais canton, Switzerland. On the right are chunks of ice breaking off from the glacier. Scientists blame climate change caused by global warming for the fact that the retreating glacier, the source of the mighty River Rhone, now melts below the Furka Pass at an altitude of about 2,208 m / 7,244 ft. In 1850, a tongue of ice used to extend well down the mountainside before finally melting in the valley basin below.

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Rhone Glacier, Valais canton, Switzerland: meltwater point. Scientists blame climate change caused by global warming for the fact that the retreating glacier, the source of the mighty River Rhone, now melts below the Furka Pass at an altitude of about 2,208 m / 7,244 ft. In 1850, a tongue of ice used to extend well down the mountainside before finally melting in the valley basin below.

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Location: Rhône Glacier, Valais canton, Switzerland
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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