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Before-and-After Satellite Images Show Upsetting Glacier Loss in Swiss Alps

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NASA satellite imagery captured 40 years of regression in the Alps ’ largest chunk of ice.

The Great Aletsch Glacier has retreated more than 4,300 feet ( 1,300 meters ) in that time.

The glacier has thinned by 141 feet ( 43 meters ) of water, and its footprint has shrunk in both dimensions.

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