“The reduction in ice volume falls just shy of the record set in 2022 and brings the total loss of glacier ice since 2021 to 19.4%.”
This summer was the hottest and driest in Switzerland since 1864. It missed the 2022 melt record only because less Saharan dust landed on the ice and a little more snow fell. The Griess glacier lost 99% of its area in 20 years. The margin between bad and record is weather luck now.