Photo: Alps Could Be Ice Free by 2100, Study Warns

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The receding Unteraar Glacier in the Swiss Alps pictured in December 2004.

Glaciers in the European Alps are melting so fast that the mountains could be virtually ice free by the end of this century, a new study warns.

Photograph by Peter Essick/Aurora/Getty Images

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