The balance sheet could be final, according to the Italian authorities, but the research is not over.
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The toll of the collapse of a huge block of the Marmolada glacier is getting heavier. “We can confirm that we have identified all the victims. We have stopped the figure at eleven”said on Saturday, July 9, a responsible for the scientific department of the carabinieri after the identification by DNA of this last victim. “At this time, we have no elements that make us think that other people could be involved” in this disaster, he added.
The balance sheet could be final but the research is not over. “Today technical and organic material was found. Now the search continues with drones and we will do the same tomorrow”said the president of the province of Trento, Maurizio Fugatti.
The Trento public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation to determine the causes of the tragedy. The detachment of a serac led to an avalanche of ice and rocks which swept away several roped parties climbing this glacier, the highest peak in the Dolomites culminating at more than 3,300 meters.
According to the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published on March 1, the melting of ice and snow is one of the ten major threats caused by global warming, disrupting ecosystems and threatening certain infrastructures. . They estimate that 80% of the ice in the Alps could have melted by 2100. “It is clear that the recent IPCC report with an entire chapter on glaciers says that in these mountainous regions these risks will increase with climate change. They are therefore now summer risks”estimated with franceinfo the climatologist and former vice-president of the Giec Jean Jouzel.