GoKawiilSwiss Glaciers Lost 19.4% of Ice Volume Since 2021, Report Finds
A new report from the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network and the Swiss Commission for Cryosphere Observation found glaciers lost 5.5% of their ice volume in the first eight months of 2026 alone, bringing cumulative losses since 2021 to 19.4%. Glaciologist Matthias Huss of ETH Zurich said some glaciers are now collapsing from internal meltwater cavities rather than just surface melt, and mean glacier thickness dropped 2.5 to 4 meters this year. Separately, MeteoSwiss reported the April-to-September period was the hottest and driest since records began in 1864.