More than 1,000 small glaciers in Switzerland have already disappeared. Swiss glaciers shrank by a quarter of their volume in past decade alone, an accelerating trend that could have devastating consequences Now, experts say that Switzerland's glaciers have faced enormous melting in 2025 itself with a 3% drop in total volume.
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TRANSCRIPT: Swiss glaciers are melting due to 0:02 climate change. According to an annual 0:04 study from the country's glacial 0:05 monitoring network, Swiss glaciers 0:07 shrank by a quarter of their volume in 0:10 the past decade alone. Now, experts say 0:13 that Switzerland's glaciers have faced 0:15 enormous melting this year itself with a 0:17 3% drop in total volume, and that's 0:19 major. The fourth biggest retreat on 0:22 record after 2022, 2023, and then back 0:26 in 2003. Experts also claim that more 0:28 than 1,000 small glaciers in Switzerland 0:31 have already disappeared. 0:33 Meanwhile, the study also warns that the 0:35 melting of these glaciers is emerging to 0:38 be an accelerating trend that could have 0:40 devastating consequences for the future 0:42 of our planet. In fact, this year the 0:46 glacial melting in Switzerland has been 0:48 close to the record set in 2022. 0:54 Since about 20 years, all glaciers in 0:56 Switzerland are losing ice and the rate 1:01 of this loss is accelerating. We have 1:05 just measured the glaciers for the year 1:07 of 25 and it's another very bad year for 1:11 the glaciers. It's not reaching the 1:13 records of the year 22 and 23, but it's 1:16 the fourth most negative year on the 1:19 long-term record. 1:22 glaciers for the year of records of of 1:25 the year 2022 2023. But it's the fourth 1:30 that explains this. And what explains 1:32 this? Of course, scientists point out 1:34 that a winter with low snow death 1:37 combined with heat waves in June and 1:39 August may have led to the shrinkage. 1:41 Switzerland is home to nearly 1,400 1:43 glaciers, 1:45 the most of any country in Europe, 1:48 reportedly. 1:49 And the gradual melting of the ice mass 1:52 will have implications for hydropower, 1:54 tourism, farming, and water resources in 1:56 many European countries. 2:00 [Music]***
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