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Zugspitze glacier in Bavaria to get a winter coating for summer

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Zugspitze glacier in Bavaria to get a winter coating for summer

Germany’s last glacier, located above the Bavarian resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, is getting a protective tarpaulin to help shield it from summer melting. Zugspitze, at 2,962 meters (9,700 feet) the highest mountain in Germany on the northern rim of the Alps, is having its ice sheet covered for a 17th year to reduce shrinkage from rain and sun in an effort to stave off global warming’s effects.

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