This Alpine glacier is melting. So a ski resort put a tarp on it.

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By Joseph WintersJun 23, 2020, 3:55 am240 pts
What do you do when your 200-acre glacier — a “Giant of the Alps” — begins to melt from climate change? For a ski resort in Italy, the answer is simple: Put a tarp on it. Sitting on an Alp called Presanella in the northern part of the country, the Presena Glacier is home to a lucrative ski tourism…

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