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Trient
/ triˈɛnt /
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More than 200 people gathered at the foot of the Trient glacier, situated along one of Western Europe’s tallest mountain ranges, the Mont Blanc massif, to call attention to the impact of climate change on Switzerland’s natural landscape.
Switzerland's Turtmann Glacier in the same canton as Trient, split in two last month, losing 300,000 cubic metres in a dramatic collapse here caught on camera.
Sitting at an altitude of 3,000-3,2000 metres, the Trient glacier has already receded by more than 1,000 metres over the last 30 years.
The government says 90% of the 1,500 glaciers remaining—including Trient—will go by the end of the century if nothing is done to cut emissions.
Climbing up from Martigny, there are tantalising glimpses of the ravine cut by the River Trient.
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