Sunday, October 01, 2023

Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years

 

https://apnews.com/article/switzerland-glaciers-melt-climate-change-913bfe5b1d182a70900784b2c4313385 


 A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10% of its ice volume in just two years after high summer heat and low snow volumes in winter.

Switzerland — home to the most glaciers of any country in Europe — has seen 4% of its total glacier volume disappear in 2023, the second-biggest decline in a single year on top of a 6% drop in 2022, the biggest thaw since measurements began, the academy’s commission for cryosphere observation said.

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