'Catastrophic': Swiss glaciers lose fifth of mass in five years⁣ ⁣ Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20 percent of their mass in five years, experts said Thursday, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record.⁣ ⁣ Swiss glaciers saw 5.5 percent of their volume melt away this year, the Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) network found in a new study, published after a record hot summer preceded by a winter with little snowfall.⁣ ⁣ "The glaciers this year have lost enormous quantities of ice," said GLAMOS chief Matthias Huss, describing 2026 as "a catastrophic year".⁣ Perched on the Scex Rouge glacier, at an altitude of nearly 3,000 metres, he gazed across the landscape in despair.⁣ "This is a glacier that isn't surviving," he said.⁣ "There will be probably no ice in 10 or maybe 15 years."⁣ He carefully dismantled the four-metre-long aluminium measurement stake inserted at the centre of the glacier.⁣ In late...