Sweden’s once-highest peak loses 2 meters height in a year as glacier melts
August 17, 2021
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STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s only remaining mountaintop glacier, which until 2019 was also its highest peak, lost another two meters (6.6 feet) in height in the past year due to rising air temperatures driven by climate change, Stockholm University said.
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