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'It melts all sides': Slovenia takes drastic measures to stop its last glacier from vanishing

Locals say ‘unique ecosystems’ are vanishing and rivers are losing water as Slovenia’s last glacier melts away.

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00:01This is the Skuda glacier in Slovenia. It is the last one left in the country and it is rapidly
00:07shrinking.
00:09And the country's other glacier on Mount Triglav, which is Slovenia's highest peak, has almost completely melted away.
00:17Here we are at the last one in Slovenia, who is still in Slovenia.
00:22There is still some small fish in it, so it is very important.
00:31This is the water for us in the mountains, for the last year.
00:37There are also some fish in the mountains, that they eat meat.
00:42They don't have to worry about it, because in the plains there is no such fish as they are.
00:48Climate change and rising temperatures have resulted in declining snowfall in the winter and warmer summers.
00:55The snowfall in the winter melts earlier, leaving the ice underneath it exposed to summer temperatures for longer.
01:03The water from the mountains is food from our big rivers, such as the river, and the river, which is
01:11in Austria.
01:12And there, according to the last forecast, all the mountains from 3500 meters will not die until 2050.
01:19So these rivers will be much less water.
01:24Europe is the world's fastest warming continent with temperatures rising at around twice the global average.
01:30Heat waves are expected to become more frequent, more intense, and occur later and earlier in the year, as the
01:37climate continues to warm.
01:39the dead from an trees.
01:41Hang in mind.

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