Beneath the glacier, new land needs protection

In the Mont Blanc massif in the Haute-Savoie department, scientists are documenting the emergence of new ecosystems as France’s fourth-largest glacier, Trerattet, retreats. Carbon-absorbing wetlands emerge. “We melted the glaciers but failed to protect them, and maybe we have a second chance, which is how we protect the nature that emerges after the glaciers retreat,” glaciologist Jean-Baptiste Bosson said. explains Baptiste Bosson, who calls for the protection of virgin lands created by melting glaciers.