{"id":2015856,"date":"2026-06-28T16:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2015856"},"modified":"2026-06-28T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:42:13","slug":"swiss-glaciers-melting-at-alarming-rate-in-june-as-europe-faces-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2015856","title":{"rendered":"Swiss glaciers melting at alarming rate in June as Europe faces extreme heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/65\/14\/1200x675_cmsv2_a3d26018-8ed4-5571-97a4-259caf2afa4c-9816514.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2905606-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2905606\" data-cid=\"9816624\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2905606-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/66\/24\/189x106_cmsv2_0de9df9e-0a9c-57ff-8c05-c80a4f4063e7-9816624.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Latest news bulletin | June 28th, 2026 \u2013 Evening\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Top News Stories Today<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Latest news bulletin | June 28th, 2026 \u2013 Evening\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2905591-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2905591\" data-cid=\"9816513\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2905591-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/65\/13\/189x106_cmsv2_ee939502-f795-51e7-afe9-4743353801b2-9816513.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"At -90kg, Guilherme SCHIMIDT faced Yahor VARAPAYEU. 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past winter is expected to have melted by Monday. Over the past century, this tipping point usually only arrives in mid-August on average.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--earth js-article-content\">\n<p>The snow and ice accumulated by Swiss glaciers over the winter is expected to have completely melted away by Monday, Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) reported. The drastic loss is due to the heatwave that has swept over Europe.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>From that day onwards, every additional day of melting between now and October will shrink the size of the glacier.<\/p>\n<p>The tipping point\u2014known as &#8220;glacier loss day&#8221;\u2014has come significantly earlier than usual. 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.<\/p>\n<p>This century, the tipping point usually arrives on average in mid-August. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/65\/14\/808x608_cmsv2_4668c818-90a5-50b7-9e02-85475c22693e-9816514.jpg\" alt=\"GLAMOS standard figures showing the current status of glacier mass balance.\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">GLAMOS standard figures showing the current status of glacier mass balance.<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">GLAMOS<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re just seeing enormous ablation, ice melt rates and snow melt rates all over the Alps,&#8221; GLAMOS chief Matthias Huss said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Huss warned the nation&#8217;s glaciers are in a bad state and shrinking at a unprecedented rate, accelerated by he ongoing heatwave. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are three months too early compared to a healthy state,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>While glaciers in the Swiss Alps began retreating about 170 years ago, the melting has been relatively modest until recent decades.<\/p>\n<p>The accelerated ice and snow loss is the result of the rising temperatures Europe has faced, as well as less snowfall in the winter.<\/p>\n<h2>Glacier melting accelerates amid scorching temperatures in Europe<\/h2>\n<p>This year, Swiss glaciers received around 25% less fresh snowfall than the average between 2010 and 2020, Huss said. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, warmer-than-average temperatures in May and June, including an extraordinary heatwave, caused the snow to disappear earlier than usual, exposing the darker glacier ice beneath.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/65\/14\/808x539_cmsv2_9eaf3d99-dbcf-52c9-8c85-7a0e81d73183-9816514.jpg\" alt=\"Water flows from the melting Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, June 10, 2025.\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Water flows from the melting Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, June 10, 2025.<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Matthias Schrader<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once the reflective white snow coverage is gone from the surface of the glacier, the grey ice underneath is exposed. This ice absorbs solar radiation more quickly, further accelerating the melting process. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If warming continues as it did over the last decades, by 2100 we will only be left with some little remnants of ice,&#8221; Huss said. <\/p>\n<p>Record-breaking temperatures have topped 40\u00b0C across parts of Europe this week, causing havoc across the continent, piling pressure on hospitals and first responders, and resulting in several deaths. <\/p>\n<p>The extreme heat currently scorching Europe would have been almost impossible just a few decades ago \u2013 as scientists warn that climate change is \u201crunning rampant\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span 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for the French company TotalEnergies is displayed at headquarters March 21, 2025, in La Defense business district outside of Paris. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Paris court orders TotalEnergies to account for customers&#8217; emissions<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2904838-pos5-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2904838\" data-cid=\"9813209\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2904838-label-pos5-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/32\/09\/320x180_cmsv2_3f80dce5-b48b-5d57-a5b4-b457e0c0d158-9813209.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A boy cools off in a fountain at the city centre of Budapest, Hungary, during a heatwave with 35 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height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Europe\u2019s heatwave \u2018virtually impossible\u2019 50 years ago &#8211; analysis<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2905194-pos1-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2905194\" data-cid=\"9814985\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Trump declared war on renewables \u2013 but Americans aren\u2019t listening<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2905196-pos2-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-related the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2905196\" data-cid=\"9815434\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div 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class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Solar-powered AC: Can clean energy solve Europe\u2019s cooling problem?<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2905229-pos5-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2905229\" data-cid=\"9815283\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    France: baby dies of heat, fourth child death this week<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">The snow and ice accumulated by Swiss glaciers over the winter is expected to have completely melted away by Monday, Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) reported. The drastic loss is due to the heatwave that has swept over Europe.From that day onwards, every additional day of melting between now and October will shrink the size of the glacier.The tipping point\u2014known as &#8220;glacier loss day&#8221;\u2014has come significantly earlier than usual. 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.This century, the tipping point usually arrives on average in mid-August.&#8221;We&#8217;re just seeing enormous ablation, ice melt rates and snow melt rates all over the Alps,&#8221; GLAMOS chief Matthias Huss said on Friday.Huss warned the nation&#8217;s glaciers are in a bad state and shrinking at a unprecedented rate, accelerated by he ongoing heatwave.&#8221;We are three months too early compared to a healthy state,&#8221; he said.While glaciers in the Swiss Alps began retreating about 170 years ago, the melting has been relatively modest until recent decades.The accelerated ice and snow loss is the result of the rising temperatures Europe has faced, as well as less snowfall in the winter.Glacier melting accelerates amid scorching temperatures in EuropeThis year, Swiss glaciers received around 25% less fresh snowfall than the average between 2010 and 2020, Huss said.In addition, warmer-than-average temperatures in May and June, including an extraordinary heatwave, caused the snow to disappear earlier than usual, exposing the darker glacier ice beneath.Once the reflective white snow coverage is gone from the surface of the glacier, the grey ice underneath is exposed. This ice absorbs solar radiation more quickly, further accelerating the melting process.&#8221;If warming continues as it did over the last decades, by 2100 we will only be left with some little remnants of ice,&#8221; Huss said.Record-breaking temperatures have topped 40\u00b0C across parts of Europe this week, causing havoc across the continent, piling pressure on hospitals and first responders, and resulting in several deaths.The extreme heat currently scorching Europe would have been almost impossible just a few decades ago \u2013 as scientists warn that climate change is \u201crunning rampant\u201d.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/06\/28\/swiss-glaciers-melting-at-alarming-rate-in-june-as-europe-faces-extreme-heat&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/81\/65\/14\/1200x675_cmsv2_a3d26018-8ed4-5571-97a4-259caf2afa4c-9816514.jpg&#8221;] Top News Stories Today Latest news bulletin | June 28th, 2026 \u2013 Evening Sport Heavyweights Deliver a Spectacular Finish in Qingdao Climate Yet again: Germany hits new heat record Sport Everything you need to know ahead of the World Cup knockout stage Top News Stories Today Latest news bulletin | June 28th, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2015856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2015856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2015856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2015856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2015856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}