WWI munitions resurface as Italian glaciers melt, prompting European safety concerns
Receding glaciers in Italy's Dolomites are exposing unexploded munitions left over from World War I. Similar hazards are surfacing elsewhere in Europe, where Belgium, Germany, and France contend with unexploded ordnance during construction and as environmental conditions shift. Italian forces carried out a recovery operation that removed more than 250 of these munitions. The episode highlights how wartime remnants continue to pose risks more than a century later.
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