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Swiss glaciers have continued to shrink at an alarming rate this year, while snow accumulation on the largest glacier in the Alps reached a record low, a study showed 16 October 2020. Although 2020 has not been a year of extremes, the glaciers in the Swiss Alps are still in steady decline, losing a full two per cent of their volume this year alone, according to an annual study on the state of the glaciers published by the Swiss Academies of Sciences. That is in line with the average over the past 10 years, but the numbers are still "very concerning", report author Dr Matthias Huss, in charge of the Glacier Monitoring Network (GLAMOS).