Geneva-Sana
The Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences revealed that the glaciers in Switzerland lost 1 percent of their mass this year, despite the large amounts of snow that fell and the moderate temperatures during the summer due to climate change.
"Although 2021 saw the lowest ice loss since 2013, no slowdown appears on the horizon in terms of glacier retreat," experts from the academy said, according to what was reported by the French press agency, adding, "Unfortunately in the period of climate change, even a good year is not enough to stop the melting of glaciers." “.
Experts say nearly 400 million tons of ice have been lost across Switzerland in the past 12 months, or nearly 1 percent of the remaining ice mass.
The heavy snowfalls last May in Claridenfern, where snow fell with a thickness of nearly seven meters, the highest since records began in 1914, contributed to the protection of the glaciers until the rainy month of July, but the melting of snow was great at the end of September, which greatly affected the size of these blocks.