Swiss glaciers lose 10 per cent of volume in worst two years on record
Zurich, Switzerland Reuters Switzerland’s glaciers suffered their second worst melt rate this year after record 2022 losses, shrinking their overall volume by 10 per cent in the last two years, monitoring body GLAMOS said on Thursday. The one-two punch for Swiss glaciers during the country’s third hottest summer on record means they lost as much […]
Worst melt year on record for Swiss glaciers, data shows
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Swiss glaciers have recorded their worst melt rate since records began more than a century ago, losing six per cent of their remaining volume this year or nearly double the previous record of 2003, monitoring body GLAMOS said this week. The melt was so extreme this year that bare rock that had remained […]
“An extreme season”: Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps following heatwaves
EMMA FARGE and GLORIA DICKIE, of Reuters, report on the European Alps retreating glaciers…