The Alpine country has seen four percent of its glacier volume disappear in 2023, the second-biggest decline in a single year on top of a six percent drop in 2022.
The “massive ice loss" stemmed from winter with very low volumes of snow and high summer temperatures. Photo: AP Archive
Switzerland — home to the most glaciers of any country in Europe — has seen 4 percent of its total glacier volume disappear in 2023, the second-biggest decline in a single year on top of a 6 percent drop in 2022, the biggest thaw since measurements began, the academy’s commission for cryosphere observation said.
“The acceleration is dramatic, with as much ice being lost in only two years as was the case between 1960 and 1990,” the academy said. The team said the “massive ice loss" stemmed from winter with very low volumes of snow — which falls on top of glaciers and protects them from exposure to direct sunlight — and high summer temperatures.
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