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Glaciologists Andrea Fischer (R) and Violeta Lauria from the Austrian Academy of Sciences measure the height under a part of the ice shelf of the Jamtal Glacier (Jamtalferner) near Galtuer, Tyrol, Austria on July 20, 2022. – Jumping from rock to rock to cross a creek gushing down Austria’s Jamtal glacier, scientist Andrea Fischer worries that precious research opportunities will be irreversibly lost as the snow and ice melt faster than ever. The Jamtal glacier has been losing about one metre (three feet) from its surface annually, but this year it has already lost more than a metre.

(Photo by KERSTIN JOENSSON / AFP)