Ethan Z. Welty Samuel U. Nussbaumer Jacqueline Bannwart Isabelle Gärtner-Roer Albin Wells Andreas Peter Ahlstrøm Brian Anderson Liss Marie Andreassen Mohd. Farooq Azam Jamie Barnett Carlo Baroni Nicholas Edward Barrand Andreas Bauder Eric Bernard Etienne Berthier Giulia Bertolotti Tobias Bolch Mylène Bonnefoy-Demongeot Matthias H. Braun David Burgess David Cappelletti Jonathan L. Carrivick Luca Carturan Daniele Cat Berro Jorge Luis Ceballos Guillermo Cobos Rolando Cruz Nicolas Cullen Bolívar Cáceres Johanna Dahlkvist Otgonbayar Demberel Simon de Villiers Roberto Dinale Eugene Drozdov Inés Dussaillant Luzmila Dávila Nelly Elagina Hallgeir Elvehøy Alexander Erofeev Daniel Falaschi Andrea Fischer Mauro Fischer Caitlyn Florentine Koji Fujita Stephan Peter Galos Ayon Garcia Noel Gourmelen Federico Grosso Afanasiy Gubanov Andri Gunnarsson Anne Guyez Lea Hartl Martin Hoelzle Jorge Huenante Romain Hugonnet Matthias Huss Bernhard Hynek Takuro Imazu Rodolfo Iturraspe Livia Jakob Sharad Joshi Neamat Karimi Nina Kirchner Bjarne Kjøllmoen Jack Kohler Stanislav Kutuzov Ivan Lavrentiev James Matthew Lea Amerigo Lendvai Huilin Li Shenghai Li Zhongqin Li Andreas Linsbauer Sebastián Marinsek Enrico Mattea Christoph Mayer Christopher McNeil Luca Mercalli Alexandra Messerli Carolyn Michael Umberto Morra di Cella Francisco Navarro Hofiz Navruzshoev Anton Neureiter Gennady Nosenko Massimo Pecci Mauri Pelto Victor Popovnin Rainer Prinz Carla Puigdomenech Heather Purdie Finnur Pálsson Alberto Rossotto Lucas Ruiz Louis Sass Erik Schytt Mannerfelt Riccardo Scotti Donghui Shangguan Brenda Shepherd Delphine Six Andrey Smirnov Ireneusz Sobota Markus Strudl Shin Sugiyama Emmanuel Thibert Laura Thomson Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson Levan Tielidze Florian Tolle Pavel Toropov Paolo Tuccella Gulomjon Umirzakov Ryskul Usubaliev Lauren Vargo Wei Yang Bernhard Zagel Michael Zemp 2026 <p><span>Glaciers lost 408 ± 132 Gt of mass during the hydrological year 2025, equivalent to 1.1 ± 0.4 mm sea-level rise. Since 1975, glacier mass loss has totalled 9,583 ± 1,211 Gt, equivalent to 26.4 ± 3.3 mm of sea-level rise, with six of the highest mass-loss years on record occurring in the past seven years.</span></p> application/pdf 10.1038/s43017-026-00777-z en Springer Nature Global glacier mass change in 2025 article