Glacier recession in the Swiss Alps

Lower part of Rhonegletscher, looking upglacier about 1880 and 2023. In the older picture, the glacier surface is still close to its maximum from the Little Ice Age (ETH-Bibliothek Zurich, Bildarchiv, photographer: Charnaux, Frères, Hs_1458-GK-B001-1880-0001, PD; 2023: Alean).

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