Of 93 glaciers examined, 92 have recently lost mass. All but one would have lost length from 2022 to 2023.
On average, the 93 glaciers retreated by 23.9 meters in the last observation year. According to experts, the end of the glaciers in Austria can no longer be prevented in view of climate change. On a global level, however, there is still something to be achieved. The glaciers in Switzerland have shrunk by ten percent in just two years - and thus as much as in the three decades from 1960 taken together until 1990.