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Swiss glaciers

Publications

Results and analyses of the Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) are published in various media at regular intervals.

Latest publications

01/10/2025, Press release SCC/SCNAT «And Swiss glaciers continue to melt»

Swiss Glacier Bulletin 2025
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Martina Barandun, Elias Hodel, Andreas Linsbauer, No. 146, 26 pp., 2026 pdf (en/7.5 MB)

Winter snow accumulation on Swiss glaciers in 2026
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Andreas Linsbauer, Martina Barandun, GLAMOS (2026). Winter snow accumulation on Swiss glaciers in 2026, Glacier Monitoring Switzerland, winter snow accumulation report, doi: 10.18752/winterrep_2026. Report (en)

GLAMOS Annual mass balance on Swiss glaciers in 2025
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Andreas Linsbauer, Martina Barandun, GLAMOS (2025). Annual mass balance on Swiss glaciers in 2025, Glacier Monitoring Switzerland, annual mass balance report, doi: 10.18752/annualrep_2025, 1.10.2025. Report (en)

Schweizer Kryosphärenbericht 2023/2024
Matthias Huss, Christoph Marty, Andreas Bauder, Jeanette Nötzli, Cécile Pellet,
Ein Bericht der Schweizerischen Kommission für Kryosphärenbeobachtung (SKK) der SCNAT pdf (de/4.5 MB) / pdf (fr/3.7 MB

Press Releases

Annual press release from the Swiss Cryosphere Commission (SKK) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)

01/10/2025, Press release SCC/SCNAT «And Swiss glaciers continue to melt»

01/10/2024, Press release SCC/SCNAT «Severe melting of glaciers despite heavy snowfall at high altitudes»

28/09/2023, Press release SCC/SCNAT «Two catastrophic years obliterate 10% of Swiss glacier volume»

28/09/2022, Press release CC/SCNAT «Worse than 2003: Swiss glaciers are melting more than ever before»

20/10/2021, Press release CC/SCNAT «Glaciers shrinking despite good luck with the weather»

16/10/2020, Press release CC/SCNAT «Glaciers are retreating unabated»

15/10/2019, Medienmitteilung EKK/SCNAT «10 Prozent weniger Gletschervolumen in nur 5 Jahren»

16/10/2018, Press release CC/SCNAT: «Ein Jahr der Extreme für Schweizer Gletscher»

30/10/2017, Press release CC «Rekordverdächtige Verluste der Schweizer Gletscher im Sommer 2017»

03/11/2016, Press release Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences: «Die Gletscher schmelzen 2016 weiter, jedoch nicht so stark wie im letzten Jahr»

26/11/2015, Press release SCNAT/FOEN/MeteoSwiss: «Climate Change: Monitoring of Swiss Glaciers Assured»

Swiss Glacier Bulletins / Yearbooks

The "Swiss Glacier Bulletin" provides an annual overview of the measurements and results from the previous year. The detailed report on all measurements, "The Swiss Glaciers – Glaciological Report", is published every four years (every two years until 2023).

Swiss Glacier Bulletin 2025
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Martina Barandun, Elias Hodel, Andreas Linsbauer, No. 146, 26 pp., 2026 pdf (en/7.5 MB)

Swiss Glacier Bulletin 2024
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Elias Hodel, Andreas Linsbauer, No. 145, 30 pp., 2024 pdf (en/8 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 2021/22 and 2022/23. Glaciological Report
Andreas Bauder, Matthias Huss, Andreas Linsbauer, No. 143/144, 157 pp., 2024. pdf (en/5.5 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 2019/20 and 2020/21. Glaciological Report
Andreas Bauder, Matthias Huss, Andreas Linsbauer, No. 141/142, 177 pp., 2022. pdf (en/4.2 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 2017/18 and 2018/19. Glaciological Report
Andreas Bauder, Matthias Huss, Andreas Linsbauer, No. 139/140, 161 pp., 2020. pdf (en/6.8 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 2015/16 and 2016/17. Glaciological Report
Andreas Bauder, No. 137/138, 126 pp., 2018. pdf (en/15.0 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 2013/14 and 2014/15. Glaciological Report
Andreas Bauder, No. 135/136, 144 pp., 2017. pdf (en/8.9 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 2011/12 and 2012/13. Glaciological Report
Andreas Bauder, No. 133/134, 124 pp., 2016. pdf (en/6.1 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 2009/10 and 2010/11. Glaciological Report
Andreas Bauder, No. 131/132, 119 pp., 2015. pdf (en/6.1 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 2007/08 and 2008/09. Glaciological Report
Andreas Bauder, Simon Steffen, Stephanie Usselman, No. 129/130, 120 pp., 2014. pdf (en/5.1 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 2005/06 and 2006/07. Glaciological Report
Andreas Bauder, Claudia Ryser, No. 127/128, 99 pp., 2011. pdf (en/5.3 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 2003/04 and 2004/05. Glaciological Report
Andreas Bauder, Roger Rüegg, No. 125/126, 117 pp., 2009. pdf (en/4.0 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 2001/02 and 2002/03. Glaciological Report
Evelyne Herren, Andreas Bauder, No. 123/124, 97 pp., 2008. pdf (en/2.7 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 1999/2000 and 2000/2001. Glaciological Report
Evelyne Herren, Andreas Bauder, Martin Hoelzle, Max Maisch, No. 121/122, 73 pp., 2002. pdf (en/1.5 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 1997/98 and 1998/99. Glaciological Report
Evelyne Herren, Martin Hoelzle, Max Maisch, No. 119/120, 86 pp., 2001. pdf (en/1.7 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 1995/96 and 1996/97. Glaciological Report
Evelyne Herren, Martin Hoelzle, Max Maisch, No. 117/118, 86 pp., 1999. pdf (en/3.3 MB)

The Swiss Glaciers 1993/94 and 1994/95. Glaciological Report
Evelyne Herren, Martin Hoelzle, Max Maisch, No. 115/116, 66 pp., 1999. pdf (en/1.0 MB)

Measurement Reports Winter/Summer

GLAMOS winter reports provide a timely overview of snow depth measurements on glaciers at the end of winter. GLAMOS annual mass balance reports summarise the annual mass balance measurements on Swiss glaciers at the end of the hydrological year and present a preliminary analysis of the data (since 2024).

Winter snow accumulation on Swiss glaciers in 2026
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Andreas Linsbauer, Martina Barandun, GLAMOS (2026). Winter snow accumulation on Swiss glaciers in 2026, Glacier Monitoring Switzerland, winter snow accumulation report, doi: 10.18752/winterrep_2026. Report (en)

GLAMOS Annual mass balance on Swiss glaciers in 2025
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Andreas Linsbauer, Martina Barandun, GLAMOS (2025). Annual mass balance on Swiss glaciers in 2025, Glacier Monitoring Switzerland, annual mass balance report, doi: 10.18752/annualrep_2025, 1.10.2025. Report (en)

GLAMOS Winter snow accumulation on Swiss glaciers in 2025
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Andreas Linsbauer, Martina Barandun, GLAMOS (2025). Winter snow accumulation on Swiss glaciers in 2025, Glacier Monitoring Switzerland, winter snow accumulation report, doi: 10.18752/winterrep_2025. Report (en)

GLAMOS Annual mass balance on Swiss glaciers in 2024
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Andreas Linsbauer, GLAMOS (2024). Annual mass balance on Swiss glaciers in 2024, Glacier Monitoring Switzerland, annual mass balance report, doi: 10.18752/annualrep_2024, 1.10.2024. Report (en)

GLAMOS Winter snow accumulation on Swiss glaciers in 2024
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Andreas Linsbauer, GLAMOS (2024). Winter snow accumulation on Swiss glaciers in 2024, Glacier Monitoring Switzerland, winter snow accumulation report, doi: 10.18752/winterrep_2024, 22.05.2024. Report (en)

Cryosphere Reports

The Cryosphere Reports provide a brief annual overview of changes in snow, glaciers and permafrost.

Schweizer Kryosphärenbericht 2023/2024
Matthias Huss, Christoph Marty, Andreas Bauder, Jeanette Nötzli, Cécile Pellet,
Ein Bericht der Schweizerischen Kommission für Kryosphärenbeobachtung (SKK) der SCNAT pdf (de/4.5 MB) / pdf (fr/3.7 MB

Der schneeärmste Winter; Kryosphärenbericht – Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2022/23
Matthias Huss, Christoph Marty, Andreas Bauder, Jeannette Nötzli, Cécile Pellet,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, 11.03.2024 link (de) / link (fr)

Das Extremjahr 2022; Rapporto sulla criosfera – Neve, ghiaccio e permafrost 2020/21
Matthias Huss, Christoph Marty, Andreas Bauder, Jeanette Nötzli, Cécile Pellet,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, 28.03.2023. link (de) / link (fr)

Trotz viel Schnee: Keine Erholung für Gletscher und Permafrost; Kryosphärenbericht zu Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2020/21
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeanette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, 30.03.2022. link (de) / link (fr)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2019/20 – Neige, glace et pergélisol 2019/20 – Neve, ghiaccio e permafrost 2019/20
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, Jg. 97, Nr. 6, p. 52–55, 2021. pdf (de/1.2 MB) / pdf (fr/1.2 MB) / pdf (it/1.2 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2018/19 – Neige, glace et pergélisol 2018/19 – Neve, ghiaccio e permafrost 2018/19
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, Jg. 96, Nr. 6, p. 48–53, 2020. pdf (de/1.9 MB) / pdf (fr/1.9 MB) / pdf (it/1.7 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2017/18 – Neige, glace et pergélisol 2017/18 – Neve, ghiaccio e permafrost 2017/18
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, Jg. 95, Nr. 7, p. 32–37, 2019. pdf (de/1.2 MB) / pdf (fr/1.2 MB) / pdf (it/1.2 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2016/17 – Neige, glace et pergélisol 2016/17 – Neve, ghiaccio e permafrost 2016/17
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, Jg. 94, Nr. 8, p. 40–45, 2018. pdf (de/1.5 MB) / pdf (fr/1.5 MB) / pdf (it/1.5 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2015/16 – Neige, glaciers et pergélisol 2015/16 – Neve, ghiacciai e permafrost 2015/16
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, Jg. 93, Nr. 8, p. 45–51, 2017. pdf (de/1.7 MB) / pdf (fr/1.7 MB) / pdf (it/1.7 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2014/15 – Neige, glaciers et pergélisol 2014/15 – Neve, ghiacciai e permafrost 2014/15
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, Jg. 92, Nr. 7, p. 36–43, 2016. pdf (de/1.7 MB) / pdf (fr/1.7 MB) / pdf (it/1.7 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2013/14 – La neige, les glaciers et le pergélisol 2013/14 – Neve, ghiacciai e permafrost 2013/14
Frank Paul, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, Jg. 91, Nr. 9, p. 46–52, 2015. pdf (de/2.7 MB) / pdf (fr/2.7 MB) / pdf (it/2.7 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2012/13 – Neige, glaciers et pergélisol en 2012/13 – Neve, ghiacciai e permafrost 2012/13
Frank Paul, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, Jg. 90, Nr. 7, p. 42–49, 2014. pdf (de/2.4 MB) / pdf (fr/2.4 MB) / pdf (it/2.4 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2011/12 – Neige, glaciers et pergélisol en 2011/12 – Neve, ghiacciai e permafrost 2011/12
Frank Paul, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, Jg. 89, Nr. 7, p. 52–61, 2013. pdf (de/463 KB) / pdf (fr/468 KB) / pdf (it/464 KB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2010/11 – Neige, glaciers et pergélisol en 2010/11 – Neve, ghiaccio e permafrost 2010/11
Frank Paul, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes – Le Alpi, Jg. 88, Nr. 10, p. 38–44, 2012. pdf (de/2.2 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2009/10 – Neige, glaciers et pergélisol en 2009/10
Frank Paul, Klaus Kammer, Andreas Bauder, Reynald Delaloye, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes, Jg. 87, Nr. 7, p. 46–52, 2011. pdf (de/1.5 MB) / pdf (fr/1.5 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2008/09 – Neige, glaciers et pergélisol en 2008/09
Frank Paul, Klaus Kammer, Andreas Bauder, Reynald Delaloye, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes, Jg. 86, Nr. 8, p. 42–48, 2010. pdf (de/1.0 MB) / pdf (fr/1.0 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2007/08 – Neige, glaciers et pergélisol en 2007/08
Hugo Raetzo, Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes, Jg. 85, Nr. 9, p. 52–59, 2009. pdf (de/1.0 MB) / pdf (fr/1.0 MB)

Schnee, Gletscher und Permafrost 2005/06 und 2006/07 – Neige, glaciers et permafrost en 2005/06 et 2006/07
Andreas Bauder, Christoph Marty, Jeannette Nötzli,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes, Jg. 84, Nr. 9, p. 47–56, 2008. pdf (de/1.2 MB) / pdf (fr/1.2 MB)

Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 2003/04 und 2004/05 – Les glaciers des Alpes suisses 2003/04 et 2004/05
Andreas Bauder, Antoine Pralong, Martin Funk, Jérôme Faillettaz,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes, Jg. 82, Nr. 10, p. 34–43, 2006. pdf (de/1.5 MB) / pdf (fr/1.5 MB)

Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 2001/02 und 2002/03 – Les glaciers des Alpes suisses 2001/02 et 2002/03
Andreas Bauder, Christoph Schär, Heinz Blatter,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes, Jg. 80, Nr. 10, p. 30–39, 2004. pdf (de/11 MB) / pdf (fr/11 MB)

Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 2000/01 – Les glaciers des Alpes suisses 2000/01
Andreas Bauder, Martin Hoelzle,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes, Jg. 78, Nr. 10, p. 24–29, 2002. pdf (de/11 MB) / pdf (fr/11 MB)

Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1999/2000 – Les glaciers des Alpes suisses 1999/2000
Andreas Bauder, Andreas Vieli, Martin Hoelzle,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes, Jg. 77, Nr. 10, p. 22–32, 2001. pdf (de/9.6 MB) / pdf (fr/9.5 MB)

Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1998/99 – Les glaciers des Alpes suisses 1998/99
Martin Hoelzle, Daniel Vonder Mühll, Margrit Schwikowski, Heinz W. Gäggeler,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes, Jg. 76, Nr. 10, p. 22–33, 2000. pdf (de/3.6 MB)

Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1997/98 – Les glaciers des Alpes suisses 1997/98
Martin Hoelzle, Daniel Vonder Mühll, Max Maisch,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes, Jg. 75, Nr. 10, p. 28–40, 1999. pdf (de/1.1 MB) / pdf (fr/1.1 MB)

Die Gletscher der Schweizer Alpen 1996/97 – Les glaciers des Alpes suisses 1996/97
Martin Hoelzle, Daniel Vonder Mühll, Andreas Bauder, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson,
Die Alpen – Les Alpes, Jg. 74, Nr. 10, p. 30–42, 1998. pdf (de/800 kB) / pdf (fr/800 kB)

Other publications

Some selected scientific publications of general interest:

Swiss glacier mass loss during the 2022 drought: persistent streamflow contributions amid declining melt water volumes
Marit van Tiel, Matthias Huss, Massimilano Zappa, Tobias Jonas, Daniel Farinotti, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2026 link to article

Vanished glaciers of the Swiss Alps: An inventory-based assessment from 1973 to 2016
Andreas Linsbauer, Matthias Huss, Elias Hodel, Andreas Bauder, Martina Barandun, Annals of Glaciology, Vol. 66, 2025 link to article

Continuous monitoring of a glacier’s extinction
Matthias Huss, Mauro Fischer, Andreas Linsbauer, Andreas Bauder, Annals of Glaciology, Vol. 66, 2025 link to article

Glaciers in Western Canada-Conterminous US and Switzerland experience unprecedented mass loss over the last four years (2021-2024)
Brian Menounos, Matthias Huss, Shawn Marshall, Mark Ednie, Caitlyn Florentine, Lea Hartl, Geophysical Research Letters, 52 (12), 2025 link to article

Swiss Glaciers. State, projections and significance
Matthias Huss, Andreas Linsbauer, Katrhin Naegeli, Swiss Academies Factsheets, 20 (2), 2025 link to article

European heat waves 2022: contribution to extreme glacier melt in Switzerland inferred from automated ablation readings
Aaron Cremona, Matthias Huss, Johannes Landmann, Joël Borner, Daniel Farinotti, The Cryosphere, 2023 link to article

Halving of Swiss glacier volume since 1931 observed from terrestrial image photogrammetry
Erik Schytt Mannerfelt, Amaury Dehecq, Romain Hugonnet, Elias Hodel, Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Daniel Farinotti, The Cryosphere, 2022. link to article

Rescue and homogenisation of 140 years of glacier mass balance data in Switzerland
Lea Geibel, Matthias Huss, Claudia Kurzboeck, Andreas Bauder, Elias Hodel, Daniel Farinotti, Earth System and Science Data, 2022 link to article

The New Swiss Glacier Inventory SGI2016: From a Topographical to a Glaciological Dataset
Andreas Linsbauer, Matthias Huss, Elias Hodel, Andreas Bauder, Mauro Fischer, Yvo Weidmann, Hans Bärtschi, Emanuel Schmassmann, Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021. link to article

Ice thickness distribution of all Swiss glaciers based on extended ground-penetrating radar data and glaciological modeling
Melchior Grab, Enrico Mattea, Andreas Bauder, Matthias Huss, Lasse Rabenstein, Elias Hodel, Andreas Linsbauer, Lisbeth Langhammer, Lino Schmid, Gregory Church, Sebastian Hellmann, Kevin Délèze, Philipp Schaer, Patrick Lathion, Daniel Farinotti, Hansruedi Maurer, Journal of Glaciology, 2021. link to article

More than a century of direct glacier mass-balance observations on Claridenfirn, Switzerland
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Andreas Linsbauer, Jeannette Gabbi, Giovanni Kappenberger, Urs Steinegger, Daniel Farinotti, Journal of Glaciology, 2021. link to article

A Best Practice Guide for long-term glacier monitoring in Switzerland
Claudia Kurzböck, Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Lea Geibel, Andreas Linsbauer, GLAMOS internal report #5, 2021. link to report

Revised Strategy for Monitoring Glacier Length Variation
Andreas Bauder, Matthias Huss, Daniel Farinotti, GLAMOS internal report #4, 2020. link to report

Computation of glacier-wide mass balance: evaluating the potential of the linear mass balance model
Matthias Huss, GLAMOS internal report #3, 2020. link to report

Das Schweizerische Gletscherinventar als Produkt des swissTLM3D
Yvo Weidmann, Hans Bärtschi, Stefan Zingg, Emanuel Schmassmann, Geomatik Schweiz, 5/2019, 114–119. pdf (de/768 KB).

Considerations for setting up new long-term mass balance monitoring programmes in the Reuss and Inn basin
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Andreas Linsbauer, GLAMOS internal report #2, 2019. link to report

Mass balance evaluation and uncertainty: Claridenfirn 1914-2017
Matthias Huss, Andreas Bauder, Giovanni Kappenberger, Andreas Linsbauer, Hans Müller, Urs Steinegger, GLAMOS internal report #1, 2018. link to report

Temporale Metadaten swissALTI3D. Die Zeit als zusätzliche Dimension des Höhenmodells
Yvo Weidmann, Florian Gandor, Roberto Artuso, Geomatik Schweiz, 10/2018, 10–14. pdf (de/696 KB)

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