Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies
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BBC News reports that Swiss glaciers suffered a "disastrous" year of ice loss, according to the headline. The report says this ice loss is threatening water supplies. [1]
The headline frames the year as especially severe, but it does not provide further details about causes, locations, or the scale of the losses. [1]
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Impact assessment
1/100
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routine human impact
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- Ongoing riskOngoing danger is explicitly reported
threatening water supplies
- Environmental impact1 environmental impact
disastrous' year of ice loss