Rhône Glacier (2025) (IMAGE)

ETH Zurich

Rhône Glacier (2025)

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Under extreme warming, even medium-sized glaciers such as the Rhône Glacier shrink dramatically. By 2100, depending on the global warming  scenario, only 20 glaciers could remain in the Alps.

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Image: ETH Zurich / Chair of Glaciology

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