October 15, 2019 3:12 PM
Swiss glaciers melt rate reaches record level
<span style="color: #222222;">Switzerland's glaciers have lost a tenth of their volume in the past five years alone, a melting rate unmatched during observations stretching back more than a century, a study of Swiss Academy of Sciences said today. <br />''<br />''Measurements on 20 Swiss glaciers have shown that melt rates this year have reached record levels, according to the annual study on the state of the glaciers, published by the Cryospheric Commission at t...