Dozens of Swiss glaciers likely to disappear this summer

The hot summer is taking its toll on Switzerland’s glaciers. Glaciologist Matthias Huss expects this to be one of the years with the most melting since records began – and anticipates that dozens of small glaciers will disappear completely. "We are on course for the second-most severe glacier melt we have ever recorded," glaciologist Matthias Huss told the Keystone-SDA news agency. + Glaciers of the world - local melting and global impacts Small glaciers are particularly vulnerable to this…