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Swiss glaciers shed 5% of ice volume in one devastating year

Original: Swiss glaciers lose 5% of ice volume in 2026 amid record heat and low snowfall 📰 Original title: 'Devastating year' as S

Switzerland's glaciers have lost about 5% of their ice volume in 2026, a loss scientists are calling a devastating year for the country's frozen landscape. The melt is being attributed to record-breaking heatwaves combined with unusually low snowfall, leaving glaciers with little protective cover during the summer. Observers are pointing to the figures as another stark marker of accelerating climate change in the Alps.

Why now: The scale of the single-year ice loss, driven by record heat and low snow, is alarming readers and renewing concern about glacier collapse in the Alps.

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• Swiss glaciers lose 5% of ice volume in 2026 amid record heat and low snowfall 📰 Original title: 'Devastating year' as Swiss glaciers shed 5% of ice amid record-breaking heatwaves 🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅ 👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅ 👇👇👇 https://… · killbait · 2

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