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The church spire of the submerged village of Graun protrudes from the Reschensee lake, which has been nearly completely drained, during construction work of a new alpine road on April 29, 2024 near Resia, Italy. The six kilometer long lake, located in the German-speaking region of South Tyrol, is a reservoir formed from the construction of a nearby dam in the 1950s and submerged the village of Graun. A road runs along its edge, though increasing instability of mountain rock above is making its continued use too dangerous. The new road will run approximately 50 meters away and into the lake, which is requiring construction crews to move massive amounts of sand from the lake's floor to create a berm for the new road. A warming climate is melting permafrost that binds rock inside mountains across the European Alps, threatening many alpine passages. Once the new road is completed authorities will restore Reschensee with water. (Photo by Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images)
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