According to the Switzerland-based glacier monitoring group GLAMOS, the country's glaciers have melted faster than usual due to extra hot summer temperatures. [1][2]
Another reason for this year's glacial melting, which GLAMOS said led to record 2.5% reduction in volume, was dust coming from the Sahara Desert, which darkens the ice and thus inhibits its ability to reflect sunlight back into the atmosphere. [1]
Unfortunately, the issue surrounding glacial melting is a global one, with the world's glaciers reported to have shrunk by half since then late 1800s. While those melting in northern Europe are receiving much deserved coverage, the most terrifying cases are occuring in Asia, where the loss of the Himalayan glaciers risk killing billions of people due to thirst. These problems will only worsen if climate change isn't tackled on an international scale.
Climate alarmists have gone so far that now they're blatantly exxagerating the extent to which, and even the existence of, glacial melting. In the Himalayas, for instance, many of the so-called endangered glaciers are growing, with others either remaining the same or melting at much slower rates. If the climate alarmists get their way, not only will it lead to bad environmental policies, but also to unnecessary wars over resources that aren't actually becoming scarce.