One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.

Since then, the decline has been steady, with 2022 and 2023 the worst of all. Last year was a “bit better,” he said. “Now, this year also doesn’t look good, so we see we have a clear acceleration ...

Switzerland's glaciers are melting rapidly due to climate change, causing holes and potential hazards in the landscape.

Then, with an assistant, he unfurls a jointed metal pole, similar to the basic glacier-monitoring technology that has existed for decades, and clicks it together to drive it deep down.

Such an affected glacier, he said, "is a Swiss cheese that is getting more holes everywhere, and these holes are collapsing — and it’s not good for the glacier.” ...

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

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"Now, this year also doesn’t look good, so we see we have a clear acceleration trend in the melting of glaciers,” said Huss, who is also a lecturer at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, ...

Then with an assistant, he unfurls a jointed metal pole — similar to the basic glacier-monitoring technology that has existed for decades — and clicks it together to drive it deep down.

RHONE GLACIER, Switzerland — Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland’s vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes. Matthias Huss of the glacier monitoring group ...