Hundreds of climate activists paid their respects to a Swiss glacier on Sunday t...
Matthias Huss, a glaciologist at the ETH Zurich and head of the glacier monitoring network Glamos, speaks during a mourning ceremony as awareness to climate change, for the disappearing Pizol glacier, in Mels, Switzerland, September 22, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
The Pizol glacier, now at less than a tenth of a square km, in the Glarus Alps in eastern Switzerland has been retreating as temperatures climb. Located about 2,600 meters above sea level, the glacier is due to vanish completely by 2030. At roughly 0.06 square km , the glacier is just a fraction of its area in 1987 when scientists recorded it at 0.32 square km. Just four years ago, its area was put at 0.1 square km, according to the Global Glacier Change Bulletin.
In Switzerland, climate change activism has been rising, including action this year in which dozens of people were arrested after blocking entrances to Swiss banks some people blame for their role in financing energy projects that are reliant on fossil fuels.
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