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Switzerland’s glaciers lost more than 5 percent of their ice in a single year, with record melt, disappearing glaciers, and nearly one-fifth of the country’s glacier volume now gone in just five years.
Switzerland has lost almost 20% of its ice within just five years. One surprising consequence of this melting is that ancient artifacts once frozen in the glaciers are now revealing themselves. Our...
Switzerland’s glaciers have lost vast amounts of ice in this summer’s baking heat. The changes are increasingly visible on the country’s maps.