Sharjah24 – Reuters: The Presena glacier in northern Italy is melting. In an effort to save it, every year a protective covering is placed over an area of some 120,000 square metres on the Passo del Tonale glacier in an operation that takes about a month.
Experts say that approximately 70% of the snow can be saved over the summer season with the protective covering which basically works in the same way as a reflective window guard similar to those we would put on our dashboard to stop our cars overheating in the hot months.
The reflective strips are 5-metres-wide and 70-metres-long and are laid across the glacier. They reflect the solar radiation away from the glacier so the snow does not melt as much.
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