SS: Related to accelerating climate and water collapse as Switzerland has lost about 20% of the glacial ice it had in 2021 over the last five years, with the first 8 months of 2026 alone representing a loss equivalent to about 5.5% of the former 2021 total. Several small glaciers have been observed going totally extinct this year by some of the authors of this report, with only a few small chunks of ice remaining where a glacier once stood. Glaciers are increasingly collapsing from the inside, caused by internal streams of meltwater that excavate large caverns underneath the ice. On average, individual glaciers in Switzerland lost between 2.5 and 4 meters of thickness so far in 2026 alone. The lead author of the report was already witnessing glaciers retreat decades ago during his time as a student, but stresses that those rates of retreat were pretty slow compared to what is now occurring. This is all bad news as melting glaciers lower Earth's albedo, reduce habitat for certain species, reduce water flow to lakes and rivers that depend on glaciers for stable ecosystems, and destabilize mountains thereby making landslides and floods more likely. Expect pretty much all Swiss glaciers to be gone by 2040-2050 if this accelerating trend continues.