Vanishing glacier on Germany's highest peak prompts ski lift demolition

A ski slope down the Schneeferner glacier on the Zugspitze mountain has melted away, leading the lift operator to begin dismantling the structure after more than 50 years of service. "The glaciers in Bavaria will inevitably melt away, as they can no longer survive in the face of climate change," Christoph Mayer, a glaciologist at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, told AFP. High-tension cables anchoring the existing ski lift were cut with blasting charges in Friday's operation. The lift's pylons...