Yikes. They're still going to need to do more testing a lower levels to determine whether or not this is directly linked to climate change but it's still a stunning figure. They also noticed that the summit is now 26 meters closer to the Italian border.
Western Europe's tallest peak, the snow-capped Alpine giant Mont Blanc, has shrunk by 45 centimetres (18 inches) in two years, experts said Thursday following an official survey.
The new height of Mont Blanc, which lies on the three-way border between France, Italy and Switzerland, is now 4,810.45 metres (15,782.3 feet), just over half that of Nepal's Everest but still the tallest Alpine peak.
