'Catastrophic': Swiss glaciers lose 20% of mass in five years.
Swiss glaciers saw 5.5% of their volume melt away just this year, the second-biggest melt on record, Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) network reports
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Swiss glaciers saw 5.5% of their volume melt away just this year, the second-biggest melt on record, Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) network reports
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October 1, 2026 at 7:58 AM
'Catastrophic': Swiss glaciers lose 20% of mass in five years.
Swiss glaciers saw 5.5% of their volume melt away just this year, the second-biggest melt on record, Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) network reports
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Swiss glaciers saw 5.5% of their volume melt away just this year, the second-biggest melt on record, Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) network reports
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Swiss glaciers are set to lose an enormous amount of ice due to the heatwave battering Europe, the head of Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) said.
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June 27, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Swiss glaciers are set to lose an enormous amount of ice due to the heatwave battering Europe, the head of Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) said.
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Some more impressions from our GLAMOS @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social measurement campaign today. The landscape is simply awesome but the change from year to year is hard to take.
September 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Some more impressions from our GLAMOS @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social measurement campaign today. The landscape is simply awesome but the change from year to year is hard to take.
What does glacier fieldwork look like for @matthias-huss.bsky.social , head of #GLAMOS? 🧊📏
Politiken followed him on #PlaineMorte, where he documents the beauty, and rapid loss, of Swiss ice.
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Politiken followed him on #PlaineMorte, where he documents the beauty, and rapid loss, of Swiss ice.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
What does glacier fieldwork look like for @matthias-huss.bsky.social , head of #GLAMOS? 🧊📏
Politiken followed him on #PlaineMorte, where he documents the beauty, and rapid loss, of Swiss ice.
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Politiken followed him on #PlaineMorte, where he documents the beauty, and rapid loss, of Swiss ice.
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🇨🇭🗻 C'est une nouvelle année catastrophique pour les glaciers suisses, qui ont connu leur deuxième pire bilan annuel après 2022, portant à près de 20% la perte de leur volume en cinq ans, selon le rapport annuel du Réseau des relevés glaciologiques suisse (Glamos) ⬇️
October 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🇨🇭🗻 C'est une nouvelle année catastrophique pour les glaciers suisses, qui ont connu leur deuxième pire bilan annuel après 2022, portant à près de 20% la perte de leur volume en cinq ans, selon le rapport annuel du Réseau des relevés glaciologiques suisse (Glamos) ⬇️
Switzerland's glaciers melted considerably over the past 12 months to log their fourth-largest reduction in ice volume on record, monitoring body GLAMOS has said.
Swiss glaciers melted sharply after light snowfall
Switzerland's glaciers melted considerably over the past 12 months to log their fourth-largest reduction in ice volume on record, monitoring body GLAMOS has said.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Switzerland's glaciers melted considerably over the past 12 months to log their fourth-largest reduction in ice volume on record, monitoring body GLAMOS has said.
The glacier season has started 🎉
Fantastic day out on Great Aletsch #Glacier for GLAMOS!
Perfect conditions but incredibly little snow. Will be another harsh year if there's no little wonder 🤔
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
Fantastic day out on Great Aletsch #Glacier for GLAMOS!
Perfect conditions but incredibly little snow. Will be another harsh year if there's no little wonder 🤔
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The glacier season has started 🎉
Fantastic day out on Great Aletsch #Glacier for GLAMOS!
Perfect conditions but incredibly little snow. Will be another harsh year if there's no little wonder 🤔
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
Fantastic day out on Great Aletsch #Glacier for GLAMOS!
Perfect conditions but incredibly little snow. Will be another harsh year if there's no little wonder 🤔
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
The beauty of ice-clad mountains is just incredible! Glaciologists marvel at the hanging #glaciers of Piz Palü during our GLAMOS winter surveys.
The situation is precarious with extremely little snow, especially on the glacier tongues
The situation is precarious with extremely little snow, especially on the glacier tongues
April 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The beauty of ice-clad mountains is just incredible! Glaciologists marvel at the hanging #glaciers of Piz Palü during our GLAMOS winter surveys.
The situation is precarious with extremely little snow, especially on the glacier tongues
The situation is precarious with extremely little snow, especially on the glacier tongues
The snout of Findel #Glacier, Zermatt, on 4 April 2025. 2600masl, snow depth: zero.
It is incredible, we're seeing the third winter #drought in four years...
The delicate crevasse situation is an additional challenge to our GLAMOS measurements...
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It is incredible, we're seeing the third winter #drought in four years...
The delicate crevasse situation is an additional challenge to our GLAMOS measurements...
@wslresearch.bsky.social @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The snout of Findel #Glacier, Zermatt, on 4 April 2025. 2600masl, snow depth: zero.
It is incredible, we're seeing the third winter #drought in four years...
The delicate crevasse situation is an additional challenge to our GLAMOS measurements...
@wslresearch.bsky.social @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
It is incredible, we're seeing the third winter #drought in four years...
The delicate crevasse situation is an additional challenge to our GLAMOS measurements...
@wslresearch.bsky.social @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
"Switzerland's glaciers melted considerably over the past 12 months to log their fourth-largest reduction in ice volume on record, monitoring body GLAMOS has said."
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October 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"Switzerland's glaciers melted considerably over the past 12 months to log their fourth-largest reduction in ice volume on record, monitoring body GLAMOS has said."
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Want to know how Swiss glaciers behaved in 2024?
Don't miss the latest GLAMOS report, a comprehensive look at glacier change in 2024 🧊❄️
Despite heavy winter snow, 2.3% of ice volume was lost! 😱 🔥
doi.glamos.ch/pubs/glbulle...
Rhône Glacier 2022 | 2023 👇
Don't miss the latest GLAMOS report, a comprehensive look at glacier change in 2024 🧊❄️
Despite heavy winter snow, 2.3% of ice volume was lost! 😱 🔥
doi.glamos.ch/pubs/glbulle...
Rhône Glacier 2022 | 2023 👇
May 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Want to know how Swiss glaciers behaved in 2024?
Don't miss the latest GLAMOS report, a comprehensive look at glacier change in 2024 🧊❄️
Despite heavy winter snow, 2.3% of ice volume was lost! 😱 🔥
doi.glamos.ch/pubs/glbulle...
Rhône Glacier 2022 | 2023 👇
Don't miss the latest GLAMOS report, a comprehensive look at glacier change in 2024 🧊❄️
Despite heavy winter snow, 2.3% of ice volume was lost! 😱 🔥
doi.glamos.ch/pubs/glbulle...
Rhône Glacier 2022 | 2023 👇
A hole in the #glacier ice... Nature is just incredible.
We were at Glacier de la Plaine Morte today for GLAMOS measurements. Bad situation, as expected. Major mass loss has already occurred and melting continues at crazy rates. Wow, let's see where this is ending...
We were at Glacier de la Plaine Morte today for GLAMOS measurements. Bad situation, as expected. Major mass loss has already occurred and melting continues at crazy rates. Wow, let's see where this is ending...
August 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A hole in the #glacier ice... Nature is just incredible.
We were at Glacier de la Plaine Morte today for GLAMOS measurements. Bad situation, as expected. Major mass loss has already occurred and melting continues at crazy rates. Wow, let's see where this is ending...
We were at Glacier de la Plaine Morte today for GLAMOS measurements. Bad situation, as expected. Major mass loss has already occurred and melting continues at crazy rates. Wow, let's see where this is ending...
It's the time of the year GLAMOS measurements on around 20 Swiss #glaciers start. We've been on Rhone, Allalin, Corvatsch, ... these days.
Not all as shiny white as here! Major losses also in 2025. Stay posted for the press release via @scnat.ch on 1 Oct
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Not all as shiny white as here! Major losses also in 2025. Stay posted for the press release via @scnat.ch on 1 Oct
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Incredible ice loss measured again at #Konkordiaplatz on the #Aletsch #Glacier, home to the thickest ice in the #Alps (still about 800 m!). Yesterday’s survey revealed another –4.6 m of ice gone in just one year. :(
Measurements by @matthias-huss.bsky.social for GLAMOS
Measurements by @matthias-huss.bsky.social for GLAMOS
September 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Incredible ice loss measured again at #Konkordiaplatz on the #Aletsch #Glacier, home to the thickest ice in the #Alps (still about 800 m!). Yesterday’s survey revealed another –4.6 m of ice gone in just one year. :(
Measurements by @matthias-huss.bsky.social for GLAMOS
Measurements by @matthias-huss.bsky.social for GLAMOS
Switzerland has lost almost 20% of its glacier ice in just five years.
If emissions continue to rise as they have, practically all glaciers in the Swiss Alps could disappear by 2100.
doi.glamos.ch/pubs/annualr...
📷 GLAMOS / Urs Steinegger / Matthias Huss
If emissions continue to rise as they have, practically all glaciers in the Swiss Alps could disappear by 2100.
doi.glamos.ch/pubs/annualr...
📷 GLAMOS / Urs Steinegger / Matthias Huss
October 1, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Switzerland has lost almost 20% of its glacier ice in just five years.
If emissions continue to rise as they have, practically all glaciers in the Swiss Alps could disappear by 2100.
doi.glamos.ch/pubs/annualr...
📷 GLAMOS / Urs Steinegger / Matthias Huss
If emissions continue to rise as they have, practically all glaciers in the Swiss Alps could disappear by 2100.
doi.glamos.ch/pubs/annualr...
📷 GLAMOS / Urs Steinegger / Matthias Huss
Snow depth on glaciers is still moderately to strongly below average in all regions of Switzerland. The Northeast is most critical.
Data based on GLAMOS / @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social data combined with modelling
Data based on GLAMOS / @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social data combined with modelling
May 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Snow depth on glaciers is still moderately to strongly below average in all regions of Switzerland. The Northeast is most critical.
Data based on GLAMOS / @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social data combined with modelling
Data based on GLAMOS / @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social data combined with modelling
Drone shots from last week’s fieldwork on Glacier de Tortin by #VAW's @beerjanosch.bsky.social. This low-elevation glacier is in bad shape, with >2 m surface melt last year. Englacial data indicates temperate conditions. #KeepSwissGlaciersCool #1400ReasonsToAct (Data: GLAMOS)
July 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Drone shots from last week’s fieldwork on Glacier de Tortin by #VAW's @beerjanosch.bsky.social. This low-elevation glacier is in bad shape, with >2 m surface melt last year. Englacial data indicates temperate conditions. #KeepSwissGlaciersCool #1400ReasonsToAct (Data: GLAMOS)
1/3 The #GLAMOS winter snow accumulation report for Swiss glaciers in 2026 is out! Snow depth measurements on 25 glaciers across Switzerland were carried out in April/May together with colleagues from the Universities of Zurich and Fribourg. #Glaciology #SwissGlaciers
May 8, 2026 at 7:00 AM
1/3 The #GLAMOS winter snow accumulation report for Swiss glaciers in 2026 is out! Snow depth measurements on 25 glaciers across Switzerland were carried out in April/May together with colleagues from the Universities of Zurich and Fribourg. #Glaciology #SwissGlaciers
Swiss glaciers melted sharply after light snowfall and heatwave, scientists say reut.rs/3IIE3F8
Swiss glaciers melted sharply after light snowfall and heatwave, scientists say
Switzerland's glaciers melted considerably over the past 12 months to log their fourth-largest reduction in ice volume on record, monitoring body GLAMOS said on Wednesday.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Swiss glaciers melted sharply after light snowfall and heatwave, scientists say reut.rs/3IIE3F8
🇨🇭 Swiss glaciers are set to lose an enormous amount of ice due to the heatwave battering Europe, the head of Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) told AFP.
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June 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🇨🇭 Swiss glaciers are set to lose an enormous amount of ice due to the heatwave battering Europe, the head of Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) told AFP.
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REALLY?! We checked. Glamos measured a 5.5% ice volume loss in 2026 and almost 20% since 2021 — the worst five-year drop since 1950. That is volume, not the number of glaciers. Meltwater shortage is a real risk. Verdict: CHECKS OUT. Figures from Glamos.
October 1, 2026 at 4:13 AM
REALLY?! We checked. Glamos measured a 5.5% ice volume loss in 2026 and almost 20% since 2021 — the worst five-year drop since 1950. That is volume, not the number of glaciers. Meltwater shortage is a real risk. Verdict: CHECKS OUT. Figures from Glamos.