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And Swiss glaciers continue to melt
Glacial melting in Switzerland was once again enormous in 2025. A winter with low snow depth combined with heat waves in June and August led to a loss of three per cent of the glacier volume. This is the fourth largest level of shrinkage since measurements began. Consequently, the ice mass reduced by one quarter in the last ten years. This was reported by GLAMOS, the glacier monitoring network in Switzerland, and the Swiss Commission for Cryosphere observation (SCC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences.
Image: Matthias HussSchweizer Kryosphärenbericht 2023/2024
Trotz viel Schnee: Weiterer Rückgang von Gletscher und Permafrost in den Schweizer Alpen
Image: SKK
Call for Papers: Symposium on Glaciers and Deglaciation at the Swiss Geoscience Meeting
MRI, CIRM and FoLAP are organizing a symposium on the relevance of glaciers and deglaciation for society at the 23rd Swiss Geoscience Meeting on 6th December 2025 in Bern. Contributions from all fields of study are welcome.
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