Expert gives grim warning after Swiss glaciers shrink 20% in 5 years
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Glaciologist says ice could vanish within 15 years as record summer triggers second-biggest melt on record
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Agence France-Presse Published: 10:19am, 1 Oct 2026
Switzerland’s glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20 per cent of their mass in five years, experts said on Thursday, with 2026 registering the second biggest melt on record.
Swiss glaciers saw 5.5 per cent of their volume melt away this year, the Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) network found in a new study, published after a record hot summer preceded by a winter with little snowfall.
“The glaciers this year have lost enormous quantities of ice,” said GLAMOS chief Matthias Huss, describing 2026 as “a catastrophic year”.
“There will be probably no ice in 10 or maybe 15 years,” he added.
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