(MENAFN- Swissinfo)
The report found that small glaciers like the Pizol in the east near Liechtenstein had“practically disappeared” Keystone / Gian Ehrenzeller
Switzerland's glaciers are melting like never before, an academic study released on Wednesday shows, with their ice volume declining by 6% in a“disastrous” 2022 amid rising concerns about global warming and a summer heatwave that swept across Europe.
This content was published on September 28, 2022 - 12:29 September 28, 2022 - 12:29 Reuters/ts
The Swiss Academy of Sciences reports that the shrinkage of ice in glaciers in Switzerland – which has the greatest volume of glaciers of any country in Europe – has topped a previous record retreat nearly a generation ago.
“2022 was a disastrous year for Swiss glaciers: all ice melt records were smashed by the great dearth of snow in winter and continuous heatwaves in summer,” the academy said in a statement, basing its report on data collected by Glamos, the Swiss glacier monitoring network.
The report chronicles in detail the damage across the Swiss Alps. Over six metres of ice melted this year on the Konkordiaplatz summit in the Great Aletsch Glacier in the south, near the Italian border. Small glaciers like Pizol in the east near Liechtenstein, Vadret dal Corvatsch near St Moritz in the southeast, and Schwarzbachfirn in central Switzerland have“practically disappeared”, the team said.
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