Swiss glaciers have lost more than five percent of their glacier mass this year

This is the second largest recorded decrease in glacier volume in percentage terms. “Alpine glaciers have no prospects for long-term survival under such conditions,” states a release published today by the Swiss glacier monitoring service GLAMOS and the Swiss Academy of Sciences. This trend has worsened in recent years. Experts note that in just the past five years, the amount of ice in Switzerland has decreased by almost one fifth. The report confirms concerns