Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

glaciologist @ETH_en and @WSL_research, head of @glamos_ch, passionate about mountains Zürich, Schweiz Joined June 2019

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Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

5 days ago

First snow on our glaciers - what a change of scene. From rapid ice melting to some relief, finally. But the thin layer of fresh snow is likely to disappear again during a golden autumn 🍁 @VAW_glaciology @glamos_ch

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Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

a week ago

110 years ago, glaciologists climbed up to Claridenfirn 🇨🇭 to start the longest measurements of #glacier mass balance worldwide. Yesterday morning, the scene looked so different! Still beautiful, but the ice got slim... Almost sentimental to see another crazy year up there

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Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

2 weeks ago

We discontinued mass balance measurements on the small St. Annafirn in 2023 as the #glacier was on the verge of disappearing and rockfall hazard became too high. A good decision: a massive landslide occurred this Sunday covering the entire glacier 👇 ur.ch/mmdirektionen/….

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Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

2 weeks ago

This #glacier encountered during our late-summer fieldwork looks like a wounded animal. Deep scars in its surface are indicative of the processes of internal decay. This is widespread now in the Alps. A sad sight for a glaciologist...

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Matthias Huss @matthias_huss

3 weeks 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 weeks 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

a month 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

2 months 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

3 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

3 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…