Scientists Hope to Partially Save Biggest Glacier in the Alps

23rd March 2025

The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius according to Swiss scientists.

The Aletsch Glacier in the Bernese Alps, which is 20 kilometers long and weighs 10 billion tons, attracts over a million people a year who can view its immensity from the Jungfraujoch viewing platform at 3,454 meters above sea level.

Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three years seeing the largest glacial mass loss on record, according to a UN report.

The video below has been posted by the Reuters News Agency.