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There's something 'highly unusual' about this photo of the Matterhorn

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Climate change

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  • the headline was changed: Iconic Matterhorn bare There's something 'highly unusual' about this photo of snow as Swiss glaciers shrink amid record-hot summerthe Matterhorn

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Glaciers in the Swiss Alps lost 5.5 per cent of their ice volume this year, the second-biggest percentage drop on record due to heat waves and low winter snowfall.

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SBS News (World)as they published this story 19.9

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