Swiss glaciers lose about 20% of ice in five years

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 1, 2026 ~ Tipping or tipped? "A fast-warming ocean thins the ice shelves, weakened shelves break apart, and glacier ice flows into the ocean faster. Each step makes the next one easier." theconversation.com/antarcticas-...

“What we are seeing now is a complete explosion of these melt rates, leading to the disintegration of glaciers. They’re really just falling apart.” #Switzerland 🇨🇭 #ClimateEmergency

The cryosphere is in trouble due to climate change, and it's accelerating loss. "Glaciologists in the Alps considered 2% of ice lost in a single year to be 'extreme'. This year has seen an estimated 5.5% disappear."

Its happening in years now not decades ‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Swiss glaciers have lost 20% of their volume and turned black in five years

Glaciers in Switzerland — the home to the most in the Alps — lost 5.5 per cent of their ice volume this year, the second-biggest percentage drop on record due to heat waves and low winter snowfall, experts report. www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#Collapse news: Switzerland has lost ca. 1/5 of its ice in just 5 years. Swiss glaciers shrank by 5.5% in the first eight months of 2026, after a summer of heatwaves. The reduction in ice volume brings the total loss of glacier ice since 2021 to 19.4%.

🧵🧪❄️ Shockingly, Swiss #glaciers have lost about 2 km³ of ice, 5.5% of their remaining volume this summer. Over the past 5 years the losses total about 10 km³. www.bluewin.ch/en/news/swit...

Switzerland has lost 20% of its glaciers over the last 5 years. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

CLIMATE CRISIS “The summer half-year from April to September was the hottest and driest it had been since records began in 1864. In that time, humanity has filled the atmosphere with 1.8tn tons of carbon dioxide and heated the planet by about 1.4C.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Extraordinary' ice loss in Switzerland: Swiss glaciers shrank by 5.5% of their total volume in a single year, marking the second-lowest ice mass on record. tinyurl.com/wyn56dcz #ClimateChange #Glaciers #Switzerland

“Switzerland's glaciers lost more than 5% of their ice in 2026, marking another year of rapid decline. The loss reflects a wider global trend: Glaciers around the world have been shrinking at increasingly rapid rates, a phenomenon scientists link directly to global warming.”

Do you have a farm? Or a nuclear power station? Or a human body? Glaciers disappearing will change all the calculations on water supply in many parts of the world. #R4Today

Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their remaining ice volume in 2026, marking the second-largest annual percentage drop on record | AP apnews.com/article/swit...