striking and majestic the french alps aren't chanting site for thousands of years people have lived and worked in the mountains or simply come to admire them but scientists warn these ancient peaks are crumbling rising temperatures are melting permafrost the frozen soil an ice that holds them together speeding up erosion and triggering dangerous rock falls glaciologist frost manuf says the high vertical rock faces of the alps are particularly vulnerable to changes in temperature. in effect we have noticed that in warm periods particularly the last 2 or 3 decades rockfalls have been more frequent than in past colder decades or so when the summers are very hot as they were in 20032015 the rock falls happened more often. also melting faster than before there are 4000 in the alps chain that spans 7 countries scientists say half will have disappeared by 2050 climate change is also transforming low altitude mountains like those in the photos region in eastern france it's still snowing here every winter inventer on the problem is the snow fall has become less reliable the ski season much short

well climate change is having a devastating impact on the french alps where ski resorts have closed because of unreliable snow fall and scientists in the alps say the rising temperatures are also causing mountains to crumble attash about to reports. striking and majestic the french alps aren't chanting site for thousands of years people have lived and worked in the mountains or simply come to admire them but scientists warn these ancient peaks are crumbling rising temperatures are melting permafrost the frozen soil an ice them holds them together speeding up erosion and triggering dangerous rock falls glaciologist frost manuf says the high vertical rock faces of the alps are particularly vulnerable to changes in temperature only think we have noticed that in one period particularly the last 2 or 3 decades rockfalls have been more frequent than in past colder decades or so when the summers are very hot as they were in 20032015 the rock falls happened more often. also melting faster than before there are 4000 in the alps chain that spans 7 countries scientists say half will have disappeared b

french alps for seven days over the christmas period ? currently in a series of lock is of varying types sort of like the uk is with the different tier groups. we don't know exactly what is going to happen. on the 15th of december, emmanuel macron will be making a decision and the hope is that people will be able to travel freely throughout france without having to carry any special forms. in france right now you have to have a little form printed out saying why you are travelling. if that happens, that's what everybody is hoping, then, yes, you should be able to travel to the french alps. but, none of the ski slopes will be running. the resorts are open. everything should be open depending on what happens with the restrictions. it might be that restau ra nts restrictions. it might be that restaurants are closed or only open for takeaway is, but the ski slopes definitely will not be open in the french alps during this period. when you go back to the uk, you would still have to quarantine because france isn't one of the countries on one of

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striking and majestic the french alps aren't chanting site for thousands of years people have lived and worked in the mountains or simply come to admire them but scientists warn these ancient peaks are crumbling rising temperatures are melting permafrost the frozen soil an ice that holds them together speeding up erosion and triggering dangerous rock falls glaciologist falls manuf says the high vertical rock faces of the alps are particularly vulnerable to changes in temperature. in effect we have noticed that in warm periods particularly the last 2 or 3 decades rockfalls have been more frequent than in past colder decades or so when the summers are very hot as they were in 20032015 the rock falls happened more often and. also melting faster than before there are 4000 in the alps chain that span 7 countries scientists say half will have disappeared by 2050 climate change is also transforming low altitude mountains like those in the photos region in eastern france it's still snowing here every winter inventer on the problem is the snow for has become less reliable the ski season much sho