Matthias Huss

“160 Swiss glaciers vanished between 2016 and 2023 – a loss of roughly ten percent”

“within a single month, more than four metres of ice thickness were lost”

“the average share of glacier water in the Rhine’s August discharge is given as seven to eight percent”

“the Rhone receives about 20 percent of its flow from glacier melt on average”

“the Rhine’s glacier contribution can rise to as much as 20 percent”

“"This year, Swiss glaciers received around 25% less fresh snowfall than the average between 2010 and 2020, Huss said."”

“"If warming continues as it did over the last decades, by 2100 we will only be left with some little remnants of ice," Huss said.”

“Since data collection started over two decades ago, only once has the tipping point arrived even earlier, when it came on June 26 in 2022.”

“"We are three months too early compared to a healthy state," he said.”

“While glaciers in the Swiss Alps began retreating about 170 years ago, the melting has been relatively modest until recent decades.”

“We are three months too early compared to a healthy state," he said.”