Pyrenees glaciers are melting at an alarming rate: Aneto is breaking apart, and another is on the verge of disappearing

Not even a spring with record-breaking snowfall has been enough to slow the melting. Scientists have identified alarming changes that threaten the survival of the last remaining glaciers in the Pyrenees. The glaciers of the Pyrenees are facing one of their most critical periods. The latest measurements by Spanish scientists confirm that ice loss continues at an alarming rate, with some of these ice giants losing their original structure. The latest monitoring campaign conducted by the CryoPyr group at the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE-CSIC) has revealed that the Aneto Glacier has now split into four distinct bodies of ice, while the Llardana Glacier, located in the Posets massif, may be experiencing its final year as an active glacier. Aneto loses up to 4.8 meters of ice thickness One of the most significant changes has occurred at the Aneto Glacier, the largest in the Pyrenees, where researchers have confirmed a new fragmentation beneath Pico del Medio.

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