A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10% of its ice volume in just two years after high summer heat and low snow volumes in winter.
Switzerland—home to the most glaciers of any country in Europe—has seen 4% of its total glacier volume disappear in 2023, the second-biggest decline in a single year on top of a 6% drop in 2022, the biggest thaw since measurements began, the academy's commission for cryosphere observation said.have been on the lookout for a possible extreme melt this year amid early warning signs about the country's estimated 1,400 glaciers, a number that is now dwindling.
All of Switzerland—where the Alps cut a swath through most of the southern and central parts of the country—was affected, though glaciers in the southern and eastern regions melted almost as fast as in 2022's record thaw. The situation in some parts of the central Bernese Oberland and the Valais was less dramatic—such as for the Aletsch Glacier in Valais and Plaine Morte Glacier in the canton of Bern, because they enjoyed more winter snowfall. But even in such areas,"a loss of over 2 meters of the average ice thickness is extremely high," the team said.
Team members of ETH glaciologist and head of the Swiss measurement network Glamos, Matthias Huss, arrive at the Rhone Glacier that is partially covered near Goms, Switzerland, June 16, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File Over half of automated monitoring stations above 2,000 meters that have been in place for at least a quarter-century tallied record-low levels of snow at the time.to melt 2 to 4 weeks earlier than usual, and mid-summer snowfalls melted very quickly, the team said.
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