Telegraph: The World Glacier Monitoring Service in Switzerland collected measurements on the thickness of ice on mountain ranges from New Zealand to the Alps. Heavy snowfall in Scandinavia meant the average loss in thickness in 2007 was 24 inches (0.6m) compared to a record 47 inches (1.2m) the year previously. However, it is still the third biggest fall on record and after 18 years of uninterrupted loss around the world means the total mass of glaciers is thought to be at its lowest for …