© 2026 South Carolina Public Radio
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
SC Public Radio's statewide network is experiencing intermittent outages and programming issues due to ongoing infrastructure upgrades. Our team is working to keep these disruptions to a minimum and to resolve issues that do arise. During broadcast outages, streaming on this site, the SCETV App, the NPR App, and smart speakers will remain unaffected.

How Europe's disappearing glaciers could change the continent's rivers

WBUR
Published August 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM EDT
The aftermath of the Birch Glacier collapse is visible in Blatten, Switzerland, June 11, 2025. (Matthias Schrader/AP)
/
The aftermath of the Birch Glacier collapse is visible in Blatten, Switzerland, June 11, 2025. (Matthias Schrader/AP)

Europe’s Glaciers may disappear by the end of the century, forever changing the continent’s rivers.

NPR’s Rob Schmitz reports from Switzerland.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2025 WBUR