Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies
Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
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""It's really just disastrous.""
— Dr Matthias Huss , Academic
""What's happened over the summer now is extremely distressing… but at the same time it was to be expected from a climate scientist's perspective.""
— Dr Fabien Maussion , Academic
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Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
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