News Summary

• Switzerland’s glaciers are rapidly receding due to a combination of winters with too little snow and record-high temperatures across Europe this summer.
• Swiss glaciers lost 5.5 percent of their ice volume over the hydrologic year ending September 30, 2026, and nearly 20 percent since 2021.
• The total mean thickness of individual glaciers in Switzerland has fallen by between 2.5 and four metres in 2026.
• The glaciers also lost a total of about 2.2 trillion litres of water (581 billion gallons) between July and September alone.