With current policy leading to a warming of 2.7°C, we are sadly saying goodbye to many glaciers in the Alps. However, every tenth of a degree reduced in warming can help preserve glacier ice worldwide and mitigate the impacts of climate change!

Below, you can select a listed glacier to see what its future might look like.

List by Country

Austria

• Hallstätter Gletscher, mostly gone by 2049
• Pasterze, mostly gone by 2063
• Schlaten Kees, 10% surviving in 2100
• Tuxer Ferner, mostly gone by 2055
• Hornkees, mostly gone by 2049
• Sulztal Ferner, mostly gone by 2045
• Sulzenau Ferner, mostly gone by 2054
• Seekarlesferner, mostly gone by 2033
• Mittelbergferner, mostly gone by 2054
• Vernagtferner, mostly gone by 2042
• Gepatschferner, mostly gone by 2069
• Gaisbergferner, mostly gone by 2039
• Gurgler Ferner, mostly gone by 2048
• Hintereisferner, mostly gone by 2048

France

• Glacier d'Argentière, mostly gone by 2065
• Mer de Glace, 27% surviving in 2100
• Glacier du Vallonnet, mostly gone by 2052
• Glacier de la Grande Motte, mostly gone by 2057
• Gebroulaz, mostly gone by 2062
• Glacier de Saint-Sorlin, mostly gone by 2028
• Glacier Blanc, mostly gone by 2061

Germany

• Schneeferner, mostly gone by 2030

Italy

• Äusseres Lahner Kees, mostly gone by 2031
• Gliedenferner - Ghiacciaio del Gran Pilastro, mostly gone by 2040
• Ghiacciaio di Malavalle, mostly gone by 2052
• Ghiacciaio della Vallelunga, mostly gone by 2059
• Oberer Ortlerferner, mostly gone by 2064
• Madatschferner / Vedretta del Madaccio, mostly gone by 2053
• Niederer Ortlerferner, mostly gone by 2060
• Ghiacciaio del Careser, mostly gone by 2042
• Ghiacciaio della Mare, mostly gone by 2051
• Forni, mostly gone by 2058
• Scerscen superiore, mostly gone by 2051
• Ventina, mostly gone by 2100
• Pisgana, mostly gone by 2044
• Marmolada, mostly gone by 2034

Switzerland

• Silvrettagletscher, mostly gone by 2048
• Clariden, mostly gone by 2051
• Steingletscher, 11% surviving in 2100
• Rhone, mostly gone by 2073
• Eigergletscher, 26% surviving in 2100
• Grosser Aletschgletscher, 12% surviving in 2100
• Fieschergletscher, mostly gone by 2095
• Oberaargletscher, mostly gone by 2053
• Kanderfirn, mostly gone by 2053
• Mittelaletschgletscher, mostly gone by 2075
• Vadret da Morteratsch, 16% surviving in 2100
• Vadret da Tschierva, 12% surviving in 2100
• Vadret da Palü, 11% surviving in 2100
• Brunegggletscher, mostly gone by 2073
• Glacier du Mont Miné, mostly gone by 2083
• Gorner- und Monte Rosa-Gletscher, 29% surviving in 2100

Statistics for the Alps

Of the approximately 3,900 glaciers in the Alps in Central Europe, only around 635 have an estimated volume above 0.01 km³ as of 2020, equivalent to water stored in 4,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

We define 'mostly gone' as the year when either less than 10% of the glacier's 2020 volume or less than 0.01 km³ is expected to be left - whichever threshold is crossed first. Past either of these thresholds, the glacier will no longer be perceived as the glacier it once was.

Under 2.7°C warming, more than 577 (91%) glaciers in the Alps are estimated to be mostly gone before 2100.
Under 1.5°C warming, 103 of these 577 glaciers are expected to survive.