US EditionSwiss glaciers shrank by three per cent this year, the fourth-biggest retreat on record
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Switzerland's glaciers have lost 3% of their ice in the past 12 months, the fourth largest loss in history.
Swiss glaciers shrank by three per cent this year, the fourth-biggest retreat on record
Switzerland's glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume — the fourth-largest annual drop on record — due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported on Wednesday.
The Swiss glacier monitoring network has just published a very worrying report. The country's glaciers have lost a quarter of their volume in just 10 years! The melting of Swiss glaciers observed during the summer of 2025 was very important. A 25% decline in just 10 years! Very hot in the Alps with sometimes record peaks of heat up to high mountains, this summer 2025 caused a lot of damage to the Alpine glaciers. The volume of Swiss glaciers has…
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