In reply to UKC News:
I reviewed my pictures of the Marmolada from 2008 to 2015. From a good covering of snow, to mostly ice but harmless, to the crevasses opening up. I looked at that FB video linked in your article and was shocked at how much it’s changed / lost volume even since 2015, the last time I descended from summit via the glacier. Even then it was much warmer than previous years and the glacier snow soft when descending.
I also found that you can clearly see the bit that collapsed on some of photos I took in 2008 and 2011. Even then it seems the ice that broke away had a distinct boundary with the surrounding glacier. But there was much more ice and snow surrounding it.
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