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Switzerland has lost nearly a fifth of its glacier ice in five years
Original: "Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution. S
New research shows Switzerland has lost almost one-fifth of its glacier ice in just five years, a collapse scientists attribute to heat-trapping fossil fuel pollution. The rapid melt is dramatically reshaping the Alpine landscape, with Europe's mountain glaciers retreating at an accelerating pace.
Why now: New research quantifying the unprecedented speed of Alpine glacier loss has just been released.
Evidence
- "Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution. Switzerland has lost almost one-fifth of its ice in just five years, research has found, in a dramatic reshaping of the Alpine country whose big white glaciers… · hellhound@mementomori.social · 9
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