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Most of the world’s mountain glaciers are retreating due to climate change, but those in the European Alps are especially vulnerable

The climate crisis is being felt and dealt with in various ways worldwide. In these daily climate briefs, we aim to give a round-up of the latest developments and news from across the globe.

Since last winter, which brought relatively little snowfall, the Alps have sweltered through two big early summer heat waves.

Himalayan glaciers are also on track for a record ice-loss year.

Temperatures in the Alps are warming at around 0.3 deg C per decade - around twice as fast as the global average. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ski resorts in the Swiss Alps that rely on glaciers are being covered with white sheets to reflect sunlight and reduce melting.

The Alps glaciers are on track for their highest mass losses in at least 60 years of record keeping, data shared exclusively with Reuters shows.

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Most of the world's mountain glaciers - remnants of the last ice age - are retreating due to climate change. But those in the European Alps are especially vulnerable because they are smaller with relatively little ice cover.