The boundary change, agreed upon by both Italy and Switzerland, affects the area under Matterhorn, one of the highest and most iconic peaks in the Alps

The line on the map that separates Switzerland and Italy has been re-drawn after the melting of glaciers caused major changes to natural borders. Much of the Swiss-Italian border is decided by glacial lines, which have shifted dramatically due to climate change.

Part of the border will be redrawn because of the glacial melt, in another sign of how much humans are changing the world by burning planet-heating fossil fuels.

Melting glaciers changed the topography of a roughly 330-foot-long segment of the border between Italy and Switzerland.

Fast-melting glaciers along the Matterhorn have led to Switzerland and Italy redrawing part of the border they share.

There are the expected repercussions of climate change, and then there are the more surprising ones—like two nations having to redraw their shared border due to ice melt. That's what's currently happening in Europe,

One of the many, many effects of climate change is what they do to glaciers, which is to say: causing them to melt. This has ramifications when it comes to sea levels rising and flooding in general, but the effects of glaciers changing shape goes way beyond that.

Switzerland and Italy have officially agreed to adjust their border near the iconic Matterhorn mountain, a response to shifting glaciers caused by climate change. The Alps, which have long marked the boundary between the two nations,