Swedish glaciers are still melting — but by less than last year
- Sweden’s glaciers are still shrinking, but this year’s melt was much smaller compared to 2024’s record.
- Glaciologist Nina Kirchner from Stockholm University has been involved in measuring the glaciers, and says heavy snow cover protected them from this summer’s heatwave.
- But even though this years recorded melt is less, she says the glaciers are still getting smaller and smaller.
For more on the evolution of Sweden’s glaciers, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: New research links Yukon summertime heat to climate change, CBC News
Finland: Finland logs third-warmest September in history, as Lapland temp shatters record, Eye on the Arctic
Greenland: Alarming, above-average ice loss in Greenland due to rising temperatures, Eye on the Arctic
Norway: Svalbard glacier once survived a warmer climate, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Siberia’s 2020 heat wave left lasting impacts on Arctic, study finds, Eye on the Arctic
Sweden: Sweden and Finland urge revision of EU’s forestry climate targets, Reuters
United States: Bursting ice dam in Alaska highlights risks of glacial flooding around the globe, The Associated Press
