On the 1st, the Swiss Academy of Sciences quoted the communiqué issued by the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network's latest data as saying that in the past five years, the total amount of ice in Swiss glaciers has been reduced by nearly one-fifth. According to the communiqué, the amount of ice in Swiss glaciers decreased by 5.5% in 2026, ranking second in terms of loss since records began, after 2022. The average thickness of a single glacier was reduced by 2.5 to 4 meters, and the thickness of the ice layer in some glacier tongue regions this summer was even reduced by 10 meters.

On the 1st, the Swiss Academy of Sciences quoted the communiqué issued by the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network's latest data as saying that in the past five years, the total amount of ice in Swiss glaciers has been reduced by nearly one-fifth. According to the communiqué, the amount of ice in Swiss glaciers decreased by 5.5% in 2026, ranking second in terms of loss since records began, after 2022. The average thickness of a single glacier was reduced by 2.5 to 4 meters, and the thickness of the ice layer in some glacier tongue regions this summer was even reduced by 10 meters.