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By Jamey Keaten GENEVA (AP) \u2014 Switzerland’s glaciers have faced \u201cenormous\u201d melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume \u2014 the fourth-largest annual drop on record \u2014 due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported on Wednesday. The shrinkage this year means that ice mass in Switzerland \u2014 home to the most glaciers in Europe \u2014 has declined by one-quarter over the last decade, the Swiss glacier monitoring group GLAMOS and the Swiss Academy of Sciences said in their new report. \u201cGlacial melting in Switzerland was once again enormous in 2025,” the scientists said. \u201cA winter with low snow depth combined with heat waves in June and August led to a loss of 3% of the glacier volume.\u201d Switzerland is home to nearly 1,400 glaciers,… <\/p>\n

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By Jamey Keaten GENEVA (AP) \u2014 Switzerland’s glaciers have faced \u201cenormous\u201d melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume \u2014 the fourth-largest annual drop on record \u2014 due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported on Wednesday. The shrinkage this year means that ice mass in Switzerland \u2014 home to the most glaciers in Europe \u2014 has declined by one-quarter over the last decade, the Swiss glacier monitoring group GLAMOS and the Swiss Academy of Sciences said in their new report. \u201cGlacial melting in Switzerland was once again enormous in 2025,” the scientists said. \u201cA winter with low snow depth combined with heat waves in June and August led to a loss of 3% of the glacier volume.\u201d Switzerland is home to nearly 1,400 glaciers,... <\/p>\n

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