Switzerland - Glacier Melting in the Alps This Year Especially Early

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The day when the winter snow melted and it goes to the substance of the glaciers is referred to as the day when the snow melted. In Switzerland it was unusually early this year.

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Every winter, snow in the high mountains feeds the glaciers before the summer melts. This year, the melt in the Alps started particularly early. Why?It doesn't look good for the Alpine glaciers this year: that's what the glacial day suggests. It's the day when the winter snow melted and it goes to the substance of the glaciers. The day was comparatively early in Switzerland this year, according to glacier researcher Andreas Bauder from ETH Zuric…

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Swiss glaciers are losing mass at an unusually fast rate this year. Scientists are finding that ice sheets are melting weeks earlier than usual, which can be attributed to a snow-limited winter, the German news agency dpa reports.