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- Matthias Huss observed a one-meter vertical ice loss at the Rhone Glacier in ten days.
- He said the rapid melt is driven by prolonged high temperatures rather than a single heatwave.
- All winter snow and ice on Swiss glaciers should melt by June 22, the second-earliest loss day recorded.
- Swiss glaciers have lost 38 percent of volume since 2000 and 1,200 small glaciers in 50 years, leaving about 1,300.
