For the first time ever, GLAMOS publishes the Swiss Glacier Bulletin, a comprehensive look at glacier change in 2024. Despite heavy winter snow, 2.3% of ice volume was lost. A landmark report on a critical year for Swiss glaciers.
The Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) programme documents, analyses and disseminates data on the state and changes of Swiss glaciers. The monitoring strategy is based on field measurements and remotesensing products for different variables and observations: Mass balance, Length change, Ice-flow velocity, Glacier inventory, Volume change, Englacial temperature and Special events related to glaciers. This Swiss Glacier Bulletin provides an overview of the results with a focus on the hydrological year 2024, i.e. the period 1 Oct 2023 to 30 Sep 2024. For some variables, an extended period is covered related to periodical data acquisition and lagged data availability.
