HONG KONG, March 26 — China’s glacier area has shrunk by 26 per cent since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely and glacial retreat intensifying in recent years, official data released this month showed.

PARIS, March 21 — Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass loss on record, according to a Unesco report released today.

ZURICH, Oct 1 — Swiss glaciers melted at an above-average rate this year as a blistering hot summer thawed through abundant snowfall, monitoring body Glamos said today.