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A new report shows that Switzerland's glaciers have lost record amounts of ice this summer.  The Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network says the country's glaciers shrank by more than six per cent, a loss it describes as disastrous. 

The organisation's head, Matthias Huss, explains what six per cent melting means in practice:

"Glaciers provide a lot of water, they have mitigated the drought conditions we would've had during the summer season.. but if in 30 years we get the same conditions...they will not be able to provide such a lot of melt water and therefore the drought conditions will be much worse'

(Photo: Glaciologist and head of 'Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland' (GLAMOS) network Matthias Huss during a visit with his team on the Gries glacier. Credit: Fabrice Coffrini via Getty Images)