'Enormous' melting sees Swiss glaciers shrink by 3% this year
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Switzerland's glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3 per cent drop in total volume, the fourth-largest annual drop on record, due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported Wednesday.
Breakdown
- Swiss glaciers lost 3% of their volume this year, the fourth largest annual drop recorded. 9s
- Switzerland's glaciers have declined by a quarter over the last ten years. 18s
- More than 1,000 small glaciers have disappeared since monitoring began. 29s
- The melting is linked to low winter snow and hot summer heat waves. 36s
- The glacier retreat is affecting energy, tourism, farming, and landscape stability. 42s