GENEVA: Switzerland’s glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3 percent drop in total volume — the fourth-largest annual drop on record — due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported Wednesday. The shrinkage this year means that ice mass in Switzerland — home to the most glaciers in Europe — has declined by one-quarter over the last decade, the Swiss glacier monitoring group GLAMOS and the Swiss Academy of Sciences said in their report. “Glacial melting in Switzerland was once again enormous in 2025,” the scientists said.

Auf einen schneearmen Winter folgten mehrere Hitzewellen: In diesem Jahr ging das Volumen der Schweizer Gletscher um drei Prozent zurück. Das hat Folgen für das Gestein und die…

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GENEVA: Switzerland’s glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3 percent drop in total volume — the fourth-largest annual drop on record — due to the effects of…