Swiss glaciers show signs of recovery after snowy winter

Swiss glaciers, heavily impacted by climate change, benefited from heavy snowfalls this winter, marking an improvement on the situation in previous years, according to the head of the Swiss glaciological surveys. “At the summer solstice, the state of Swiss glaciers is better than in recent years,” Matthias Huss, who heads the Swiss Glaciological Survey Network (Glamos), wrote on the social network X this weekend. Do you want to read our weekly top stories? Subscribe here. “But will this be enough for a year with ice gain? Most likely not! But losses will be limited,” he wrote, pointing out that a cool summer could also benefit glaciers. At the beginning of June, Huss had stressed on X that the weather this year had been a “blessing” for Swiss glaciers. + Swiss glaciers under threat despite heavy snowfall In a report published at the end of May, Glamos reported well above-average snow cover on glaciers in all regions of Switzerland, with average snow depths of 3 to 6 meters.