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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Fanny Brodersen,Matthias Schrader and Jamey Keaten

Switzerland’s famous glaciers are starting to look like Swiss cheese

Matthias Huss, of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and glacier monitoring group GLAMOS, arrives at the Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Switzerland’s famed glaciers are increasingly resembling Swiss cheese, riddled with holes, as climate change visibly impacts these vital natural formations.

Matthias Huss of the glacier monitoring group GLAMOS recently shared a stark observation of the Rhone Glacier – the source of the river flowing through Switzerland and France to the Mediterranean – during a "maintenance mission" to monitor its health. His findings underscore the rapid changes occurring across the country's icy expanses.

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