Overview

• The Carovana dei ghiacciai 2025 final report, based on monitoring of eight glaciers, estimates the Italian Alps have lost over 170 km² of ice surface in six decades.
• At Solda in the Ortles-Cevedale group, the glacier’s front retreated 26 meters versus 2024, with debris flows, collapses, dead ice patches and emerging rock glaciers reshaping the area.
• A participatory survey on the Marmolada found an average 7‑meter retreat since 2024 along with thinning fronts, growing debris cover and widening rock windows despite a late‑August snowfall.
• European mountain permafrost temperatures are rising steadily, in some areas by more than 1 °C over the last decade, adding to slope fragility and glacier surface darkening.
• Researchers and NGOs call for stronger mitigation and a national adaptation plan as ARPAV says the new measurements will refine models for water availability and mountain safety, with ski areas pushing snowmaking higher on the slopes at environmental cost.