@dailymail: Swiss glaciers are shrinking rapidly after suffering one of their worst years of ice loss during a record-breaking European heatwave. Switzerland's glaciers lost more than five percent of their ice in 2026, a report by the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network (GLAMOS) and the Swiss Commission for Cryosphere Observation of the Swiss Academy of Sciences showed. Switzerland's largest ice giant, Aletsch Glacier, suffered its biggest-ever melt, while Glacier de Tsanfleuron lost more than 4 metres (13 feet) of average thickness this year. In total, scientists estimate Swiss glaciers lost around 2.2 trillion litres (581 billion US gallons) of water between July and September alone - equivalent to more than four times the annual drinking water consumption of Swiss households. #switzerland #ice #glaciers #weather