Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

glaciologist @ETH_en and @WSL_research, head of @glamos_ch, passionate about mountains Zurich, Switzerland Joined June 2019

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Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

2 days ago

It's the time of the year @glamos_ch measurements on around 20 Swiss #glaciers start. We've been on Rhone, Allalin, Corvatsch, ... these days. Not all as shiny white as here! Major losses also in 2025. Stay posted for the press release via @scnatCH on 1 Oct @VAW_glaciology

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Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

4 days ago

Like a dying white elephant... The last remnant of the artificially covered former ice grotto at Rhone #Glacier. I was out with @Remi_Camus today for the takeoff of his rafting expedition down the Rhone. We searched for PFAS in the ice, problematic synthetic chemical substances

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VAW Glaciology @VAW_glaciology

3 weeks ago

Recent @glamos_ch fieldwork on the #PlaineMorte glacier by @matthias_huss confirms what our models had already indicated: massive ice loss caused by the August heatwave in Switzerland. Even when expected, it is still striking, and sobering, to witness a glacier in its final days.

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Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

4 weeks ago

Getting used to this image: #glaciers almost completely naked - unprotected by the white snow - in August... While July was good for glaciers after record-melt in June, the new heat wave again results in major ice loss @glamos_ch @VAW_glaciology

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Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

2 months ago

Great Aletsch #Glacier - what a beauty 😍 Melting at the glacier terminus is incredible though this year as reported by measurements by @pronaturach Already over 7️⃣ meters of ice loss since Oct 2024, with considerable melt also in winter.

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VAW Glaciology @VAW_glaciology

2 months ago

What drives seasonal glacier mass balance in the Swiss Alps? A new preprint by #VAW PhD student Aaron Cremona (et al.) explores 2010–2024 trends using remote sensing, modeling & ML. 🇨🇭 Swiss glaciers lost an astonishing 25% of their 2010 ice volume! 🧊 📄 doi.org/10.5194/egusph…

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Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

2 months ago

A 26-day period of exceptionally high temperatures will end tomorrow, 4 degrees above normal. Swiss #glaciers have lost an enormous amount of water during this time: it is equivalent to 🇨🇭's total annual drinking water use, and more than twice the average of the last years...

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VAW Glaciology @VAW_glaciology

2 months ago

A VAW team was out on #Griesgletscher yesterday, a chance to raise awareness for the #1400ReasonsToAct challenge by @POWSwitzerland. Glaciers are in bad shape this year. Cooler conditions can’t come soon enough. Take action here: 1400-reasons-to-act.ch #KeepSwissGlaciersCool

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Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

2 months ago

Some cooling within the #glacier ice - this is what is urgently needed these days... On Jungfraujoch, there has been no warmer June since at least 90 years than in 2025! @meteoschweiz Glaciers are in a deplorable state - as if they even need more attention in their @UN Int. Year

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VAW Glaciology @VAW_glaciology

2 months ago

🚨 New paper alert! Glaciers in Western Canada, Switzerland & the conterminous US lost twice as much ice from 2021–2024 compared to the previous decade. Heatwaves + dust & wildfire impurities drove extreme melt. Co-authored by #VAW member @matthias_huss ❄️🌍