Climate change causes a mountain peak frozen for thousands of years to collapse

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Climate change causes a mountain peak frozen for thousands of years to collapse

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Fluchthorn in the Silvretta Alps is now around 60 feet (19 m) shorter than it was before — and more mountains are expected to follow suit as temperatures thaw the permafrost holding them together.

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