A new study based on satellite images has shown that Switzerland is rapidly losing its snow cover, with global warming likely to be the cause. While just over a third of Switzerland had a low likelihood of seeing snow between 1995 and 2005, that figure jumped to 44% from 2005 to 2017. The area of Switzerland given over to eternal snow, where there is an 80% to 100% chance of snowfall, also shrank from 27% over the 1995-2005 period to 23% from 2005 to 2017. The reduction in snow cover could be seen in the Jura region and in the Alps and was "particularly evident" in the Rhone Valley.