An Italian Ski Resort Fights Glacial Melting With Giant Tarps

This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. 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 industry. The Pontedilegno Tonale resort operates ski lifts on the glacier, inviting visitors to ride cable cars up…

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