Wow. As much ice lost in the last two years as had been lost before over a span of 30 years....
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Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in just two years, a report has found.

Scientists have said climate breakdown caused by the burning of fossil fuels is the cause of unusually hot summers and winters with very low snow volume, which have caused the accelerating melts. The volume lost during the hot summers of 2022 and 2023 is the same as that lost between 1960 and 1990.

The ice, which traditionally builds up in winter and melts slowly in summer, provides fresh water vital to Europe's rivers, to irrigate Europe's crops or to cool its nuclear power stations.

Last year and again this year, shipping on the river Rhine, a key waterway for Europe's freight, had to be restricted because the water had become too shallow.

Experts have stopped measuring the ice on some glaciers as there is essentially none left. 

"Every time I come back to these sites that I have monitored for many years, it's different,' said Matthias Huss, head of the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network. "The ice is smaller, thinner, more grey. It's very sad."
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"Swiss glaciers lose 10% of their volume in two years"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/swiss-glaciers-lose-tenth-volume-in-two-years-climate-crisis

"Swiss glaciers record catastrophic ice loss"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66950328

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