alpine glacier

Among the finds have been a Swiss leather shoe over 3,500 years old and a 10,000-year-old Alpine glacier mine where hunters once extracted rock crystals to make arrowheads and other kinds of blades.

Italy was enduring a prolonged heat wave before a massive piece of Alpine glacier broke off and killed hikers on Sunday and experts say climate change will make those hot, destabilizing conditions more common.

A large chunk of Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday afternoon and slid down a mountainside, slamming into more than a dozen hikers on a popular trail on the peak.

Unless action is taken to speed up Germany’s attempt to reach zero emissions, Mr. Glauber said, “The last alpine glacier in Bavaria could disappear within 10 years.”

Even if the death of the ancient man, discovered in a melting Alpine glacier in 1991, is pretty well understood, the events preceding it leave plenty of room for dramatic speculation.