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Europe’s Earliest Glacier Loss Day in Years Signals a Reckoning for the Alps

Back-to-back European heatwaves pushed this year's Glacier Loss Day to its second earliest date on record, indicating accelerating glacial melt across Switzerland, France and Italy.

Europe’s Earliest Glacier Loss Day in Years Signals a Reckoning for the Alps

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Back-to-back European heatwaves pushed this year's Glacier Loss Day to its second earliest date on record, indicating accelerating glacial melt across Switzerland, France and Italy.

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Back-to-back European heatwaves pushed this year's Glacier Loss Day to its second earliest date on record, indicating accelerating glacial melt across Switzerland, France and Italy.

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