Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate

Geneva (AFP) Sept 28, 2022

Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt records, a report revealed Wednesday. The study by the Cryospheric Commission (CC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences laid bare the drastic scale of glacial retreat - which is only set to get worse. "2022 was a disastrous year for Swiss gl