The Rhone Glacier, among Switzerland’s largest, is likely facing another withering year following record breaking temperatures across Europe in June and overall low levels of snowfall.⁠ ⁠ According to Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS), the Rhone Glacier has lost overall ice mass every year since 2006.⁠ ⁠ The European Alps have warmed twice as much as the global average, disproportionately affecting their glaciers and leading to a sharp acceleration of ice loss over recent decades. I August 21-23, 2025 I 📷️: seangallup I #GettyImages⁠ #GettyImagesNews⁠ ⁠ 1. A collapsed portion of the Rhone Glacier, likely caused by water flowing underneath the glacier, lies near the glacier's terminus as a lake of meltwater lies behind.⁠ ⁠ 2. Daniel Farinotti, a professor of glaciology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), drills into a collapsed portion of the Rhone Glacier in the hope of reaching what he suspects is a hollow cavern underneath.⁠ ⁠ 3. ⁠A thin layer of m...