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Wrap up cool: Blankets help stave off glacier melt on Swiss ski pistes

In one of Switzerland's most popular Alpine destinations, resort staff have been working over the summer months to limit the impact of warming global temperatures on its glacial slopes - by blanketing the ice to block the sun.

The 3,238-metre (10,623-ft) Mount Titlis has seen large swathes of ice disappear from its glacier over recent decades. Within the next half-century, all of it is expected to melt.