The Glacier Garden in Lucerne is showcasing artifacts from Switzerland's glaciers in an exhibit called "Treasury of Ice." The exhibit features relics like an ancient bow, a Roman statuette, and an alpinist's helmet. Swiss glaciologists recently reported a 5.5% loss in glacier volume this year, the second-biggest decline on record. The museum director says the exhibit aims to highlight the importance of these artifacts before the glaciers disappear. The show includes videos, charts and a mockup of a glacier flow. It runs through Aug. 22.
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FILE - A lake of meltwater has formed on the tongue of the Rhone glacier near Goms, Switzerland, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Andreas Burri, director of the Glacier Garden Museum stands next to the poster for the exhibition "Schatzkammer Ice," or "Treasury of Ice," that showcases a smattering of weapons, tools, bottles and cans and other relics that have emerged from melting ice in Switzerland's vaunted glaciers over the years, in Lucerne, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jamey Keaten)
Experts report that glaciers in Switzerland have lost 5.5% of their ice volume this year due to heat waves and low winter snowfall. The GLAMOS Swiss glacier monitoring service and Swiss Academy of Sciences released a statement Thursday, warning that Alpine glaciers can’t survive long-term under these conditions. The report highlights concerns about global warming’s impact on Europe, the fastest-warming continent. The record retreat of glacier ice in Switzerland occurred in 2022. Over the past five years, Swiss ice volume has declined by nearly one-fifth. This accelerated melt affects Switzerland and the continent’s major rivers.
FILE — A lake of meltwater has formed on the tongue of the Rhone glacier near Goms, Switzerland, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
FILE - ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) glaciologist and head of the Swiss measurement network Glamos, Matthias Huss, checks the thickness of the Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, June 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
FILE — Swiss Federal Institute of Technology glaciologist and head of the Swiss measurement network 'Glamos', Matthias Huss, center, and his assistants arrive at the Rhone glacier near Goms, Switzerland, June 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
FILE — People enjoy the view at the Aletsch Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
FILE — The Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, is partially covered with sheets as Matthias Huss, head of the Swiss glacier monitoring group GLAMOS, stands nearby, on June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
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