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The Matterhorn in Switzerland is losing its iconic white snow cover after a record-warm summer in the Swiss Alps. Belgian-Dutch media including Nieuwsblad report on the mountain's bare, grey appearance, a visible sign of shrinking glaciers and snowpack. The striking change to one of Europe's most famous peaks is drawing wide attention and concern about the accelerating impact of climate change in the Alps.
- 2Eternal snow on the Alps fading, climate observers warn●In primary school (1960s), we learned that mountain areas above 3,000 m altitude in the Alps had eternal snow. I'm afrai
A widely shared observation recalls that 1960s school lessons taught the Alps' peaks above 3,000 metres were permanently covered in snow. The author laments that this 'eternal snow' is now disappearing, pointing to the Matterhorn, at 4,478 metres, as a recent example of bare high-altitude terrain. It is the latest sign of Alpine glacier retreat, with warm summers stripping snow from elevations once thought permanently white.