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Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps following heatwaves

From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never guess he was carrying 10 kg of steel equipment needed to chart the decline of Switzerland's glaciers.

Reuters

Thaw and redraw: melting glacier moves Italian-Swiss border

Zermatt (Switzerland) (AFP) - Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy has shifted due to a melting glacier, putting the location of an Italian mountain lodge in dispute.

AFP

Queen's cousin marries in lavish ceremony with Prince Harry's ex as guest

Alexander Dru popped the question to Lady Tatiana Mountbatten while the couple were on a skiing holiday in the Alps

Daily Mirror

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Jonas Vingegaard is closing in on a Tour de France victory, but the Danish cyclist has taken an unusual road to the top

A few years back, Jonas Vingegaard struggled to find a team to sign him. Now the former fish-factory worker is surviving the heat of the Tour de France and is close to his first title.

ABC News

Up in the Bavarian Alps, rugged trails with German bonhomie

Hikers looking for rugged trails, soaring vistas and convivial evenings drinking schnapps in mountain huts could do far worse than Germany's Berchtesgaden national park

The Independent UK

Who are the 'Last Renovation' climate protesters crashing sporting events?

When French environmental campaigners Dernière Rénovation (Last Renovation) briefly halted the Tour de France in the Alps on Tuesday, they hooked into a global audience. It's just one of several sporting events targeted this summer by climate activists to get their message across.

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Tour de France 2022 stage 13 preview: Route map and profile of road to Saint-Etienne today

The riders leave the Alps but will still feel this lumpy stage in their tired legs

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Glaciers in Swiss Alps draped with blankets to protect them from extreme heat

Some fear that Switzerland’s glaciers could disappear by 2100

Evening Standard

How the Tour de France helped me think about geology in a new way

As I write this, the Tour de France has reached its halfway point, with the cyclists climbing the Alps. Or, to put it another way, the race has left Armorican continent and entered the folded relics of the Valais Ocean and the Briançonnais microcontinent.

The Conversation

Jonas Vingegaard takes yellow jersey as Tadej Pogacar feels Tour de France pressure

There was a twist in the Alps as Slovenia’s Pogacar seeks another Tour de France title

The Independent UK

Jonas Vingegaard takes yellow jersey as Tadej Pogacar feels the pressure

There was a twist in the Alps as Slovenia’s Pogacar seeks another Tour de France title.

The Independent UK

Heidiland: On the trail of a children’s classic in the Swiss Alps

Bernadette Fallon follows in the footsteps of Johanna Spyri’s multimillion best-selling children’s book character on a trip to Maienfeld

The Independent UK

Tour de France: Vingegaard takes yellow as Pogacar cracks on stage 11 – as it happened

Jumbo-Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard powered to the top of the Col du Granon and took the yellow jersey from the isolated Tadej Pogacar

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France environment protest reaches global audience

Albertville (France) (AFP) - When French environmental campaigners "Derniere Renovation" briefly halted the Tour de France in the Alps on Tuesday, they hooked into a global audience with sport becoming an increasingly popular medium for viral stunts by protestors.

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Western Europe wilts under second heatwave in weeks

Bordeaux (AFP) - France and Britain were set to suffer soaring temperatures on Wednesday, with a heatwave in Western Europe fuelling wildfires across vast stretches of forestland.

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Western Europe wilts under fresh heatwave

Madrid (AFP) - Firefighters battled wildfires in Spain and Portugal Tuesday as Western Europe faced its second heatwave in less than a month which threatened glaciers in the Alps and worsened drought conditions.

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2023 VW Touareg Spied Testing In The Alps With Loads Of Camouflage

Overkill or is VW up to something?

The Independent UK

Tour de France 2022 stage 10 preview: Route map and profile through Alps to Megeve today

There will be fresh legs as the Tour de France returns from its second rest day

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The Independent UK

Tour de France 2022 stage 10 preview: Route map and profile of 148km road through the Alps to Megeve

There will be fresh legs as the Tour de France returns from its second rest day

AFP

Covid negative Tour de France can enjoy a day off

Morzine (France) (AFP) - The Tour de France peloton were given the green light to advance into the Alps as the latest mass batch of rider Covid tests were all reported negative on Monday.

Evening Standard

Italian Alps glacier collapse death toll rises to 9, with 3 still missing

Italian authorities have opened a formal investigation after a chunk of the glacier fell onto hikers on Sunday

Reuters

Italians find more victims of glacier collapse

Italian rescue teams on Wednesday found two more victims of the glacier collapse in the Alps that is feared to have killed up to 12 people and is being blamed on rising temperatures.

The Independent UK

France travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go

From sea to ski, culture to cuisine, our Gallic neighbour ticks just about every holiday box going

The Guardian - UK

Snow at one of world’s highest observatories melting earlier than ever before

Peak at Sonnblick in Austrian Alps has melted more than a month before previous record time

Reuters

Five Italian climbers still missing after glacier collapse

Five Italian climbers were still missing more than 48 hours after the deadly collapse of part of a mountain glacier in the Alps, a tragedy that is being blamed on rising temperatures.

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