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| Glaciers in Switzerland are tending to shrink. (Source: Reuters) |
This is the conclusion reached in a report conducted and published on September 28 by the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Agency (GLAMOS).
The report indicates that the continuous decline in glacier area during Switzerland's hottest summer on record shows that the amount of ice lost in the past two years is equivalent to the amount of ice melted in three decades before 1990.
GLAMOS emphasized that this situation is "catastrophic." Matthias Huss, head of GLAMOS, stated that 2023 was a "difficult" year for glaciers due to very little snowfall and unusually warm summers. The combination of these two factors represents the worst-case scenario.
According to GLAMOS, the agency that monitors 176 of Switzerland's nearly 1,400 glaciers, low snowfall this year, coupled with an early and late summer melt season, has resulted in significant ice loss.
According to statistics, approximately 50% of the glaciers in the Alps are concentrated in Switzerland, which is experiencing a temperature increase about twice the global average due to climate change.
Given the rapid rate of ice melt, GLAMOS has been forced to halt one of its small glacier monitoring programs in central Switzerland due to potential dangers.
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