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Tourist in Swiss Alps left in tears after capturing viral post of massive glacier melt

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Duncan Porter , a software developer from England , took to X over the weekend to share a before and after composite photograph taken 15 years apart at Rhône Glacier with his wife.

The large mass of ice that once coated the mountain range has melted quickly since Porter ’s last visit.

The region is warming about twice as fast as the global average, according to scientists.