Alpine Glaciers Shrank Nearly 20% Over the Past Two Decades

The amount of ice in the Alps has shrunk 17% since the turn of the century, highlighting the severity of climate change as countries grapple with how to slow global warming while also tackling a virus epidemic.

The drop is equivalent to 22 cubic kilometers (5.3 cubic miles), and the largest decline was seen in Switzerland, the German Aerospace Center said. That’s based on the work of researchers from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg who used satellite data.