Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps (1/5)

Snow from the last winter season is covered with blankets on a slope beside the top station of a cable car at Diavolezza ski area near the Alpine resort of Pontresina, Switzerland July 21, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

The Alps' glaciers are on track for their highest mass losses in at least 60 years of record keeping.

Snow from the last winter season is covered with blankets on a slope beside the top station of a cable car at Diavolezza ski area near the Alpine resort of Pontresina, Switzerland July 21, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

Melt water flows into an ice crevice at the Pers Glacier near the Alpine resort of Pontresina, Switzerland July 22, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

Glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer and assistant Andrea Millhaeusler drill a hole at a measuring point on the Pers Glacier near the Alpine resort of Pontresina, Switzerland July 21, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

Snow from the last winter season is covered with blankets on a slope beside the top station of a cable car at Diavolezza ski area near the Alpine resort of Pontresina, Switzerland July 21, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)