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GENEVA, Oct 1 — Two consecutive years of extreme warming in the Alps have obliterated 10 per cent of Swiss glacier volume — the same amount lost in the three decades prior to...
That's the same amount lost in three decades before 1990
Scientists warned that the Swiss glaciers could all but disappear by the end the century
The two years of exceptional warming in the Alps have destroyed 10% of the volume of Swiss glaciers, which is the same amount lost in the three decades prior to 1990, as per a report released on...
Two consecutive years of extreme warming in the Alps have obliterated 10 percent of Swiss glacier volume -- the same amount lost in the three decades prior to 1990, a report revealed Thursday."Swiss glaciers are melting at a rapidly increasing rate," it said in a statement. 2022 marked the worst year on record for glacier melt in the Swiss Alps, with six percent of the total ice volume lost.