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epaselect epa13124125 An aerial view of the tongue of the Rhone Glacier (Rhonegletscher) shows a hole formed by melting ice during a visit to the glacier in the Alps of the canton of Valais, Switzerland, 16 July 2026 (issued 21 July 2026). Since the start of this year's measurements in mid-June 2026, scientists have recorded nearly 4 meters of ice melt amid repeated heat waves. 'This is not good news for the glacier,' said Matthias Huss, a glaciologist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) and director of GLAMOS, the Swiss Glaciological Monitoring Network. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT