For the first time, researchers have used historical imagery to reconstruct a visual timeline of Switzerland's glaciers, which they found lost half of their volume between 1931 and 2016
The climate crisis is devastating the world's glaciers. As they melt, ecosystems are destroyed and local industries are ravaged — and perhaps most critically, a major source of fresh water vanishes.
For the first time, researchers have used historical imagery to reconstruct a visual timeline of Switzerland's glaciers, which they found lost half of their volume between 1931 and 2016. In the past six year's alone, they lost another 12% of their volume. And in the 85 years ending in 2016, Switzerland's glaciers lost an area the size of Manhattan every ten years.The before-and-after imagery is stunning.