MOUNT TRIGLAV, Slovenia, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Once a magnet for summer skiers and cherished by generations as a symbol of Slovenia's Alpine heritage, one of the country's last glaciers has dwindled to a few patches of ice that researchers say could disa...
The glacier on the slopes of Slovenia's highest mountain, Triglav, had an area of 14 hectares in the middle of the last century, but today it is probably only days before it disappears completely. After melting the last few pieces of ice, the last glacier in the Slovenian Alps disappears.
One of Slovenia's last glaciers could disappear completely within days. The Triglav Glacier beneath Slovenia's highest mountain, Triglav, has shrunk to just a few last pieces of ice over the past few decades.