Swiss glaciers have shrunk by a quarter since 2015, study says

Swiss glaciers shrank 3% this year, the fourth-biggest retreat on record

Switzerland’s glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume — the fourth-largest annual drop on record — due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported Wednesday.

Swiss glaciers shrank 3% this year, the fourth-biggest retreat on record (World)

Switzerland's glaciers have faced 'enormous' melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume - the fourth-largest annual drop on record - due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported Wednesday. The shrinkage this year means that ice mass in Switzerland - home to the most g...

1,000 Swiss glaciers already gone, and the melting is speeding up

Swiss glaciers lost nearly 3% of their volume in 2025, following a snow-poor winter and scorching summer heatwaves. The melt has been so extreme that some glaciers lost more than two meters of ice thickness in a single season. Scientists caution that the decline is destabilizing mountains, raising risks of rock and ice avalanches. Long-term monitoring efforts are now more critical than ever.

Switzerland's glaciers shrink 25 pct in a decade as 2025 ranks among worst

GENEVA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland's glaciers have lost a quarter of their volume in the last ten years, with over 1,000 small glaciers having already disappeared, GLAMOS, the glacier monitoring network in Switzerland, and the Swiss Commission for Cryosphere observation (SCC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences jointly said Wednesday. Read full story

Swiss Glaciers Face "Enormous" Melting, Shrank By A Quarter In Past Decade

Switzerland's glaciers have faced "enormous" melting this year, with a 3% drop in total volume the fourth-largest annual drop on record due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported on Wednesday.