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Glaciers Worldwide Shed 450 Billion Tonnes of Ice in 2024
10/5/2025
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Story summary
- In 2024, glaciers outside Greenland and Antarctica lost 450 billion tonnes of ice.
- Matthias Huss recalls visiting the Rhône Glacier 35 years ago and notes retreat from climate change.
- Switzerland's glaciers shed about a quarter of their ice in the last decade; 2022 saw 6% lost.
- Gries Glacier retreated 2.2 km in a century. Pers Glacier no longer connects Morteratsch.
