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Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in the Alps, has shrunk by 2.2 metres since 2021 to its lowest height in recent memory.

The mountain, which is capped by a ridge of ice covering the rock, was measured by a team of surveyors from the Haute-Savoie regional administration, aided by a drone.

Climate and glaciology experts cautioned against linking the shrinking of Mont Blanc’s summit to the loss of glacial ice cover in the Alps.

“Even if we see that there is a slight downward trend – around 15 to 20cm since 2001 – of this snowy summit of Mont Blanc, climatologists and glaciologists tell us that it takes approximately 50 years of measurement to be able to draw conclusions on possible global warming at this altitude of 4,800 metres,” said Borrel.

The 2.22-metre decline could be down to lower precipitation during summer, said Jean des Garets, chief geometer in the Haute-Savoie department of south-eastern France.

“After these measurement campaigns, we have already learned a lot: we know that the summit is in perpetual movement both in altitude with variations of almost 5 metres, and in position.”

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