Italy and Switzerland to redraw Alpine border due to melting glaciers (original) (raw)

Italy and Switzerland are set to redraw part of the mountainous border separating the two countries due to melting glaciers in the Alps.

The change, which impacts an approximately 330-foot-long segment of the border, is happening near one of Europe’s most popular skiing destinations, Zermatt, and the iconic Matterhorn mountain. One of the biggest glaciers near Matterhorn, the Theodul Glacier, retreated almost 1,000 feet between 1990 to 2015.