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  1. Glaciologist Matthias Huss shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer.
    "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.

    #glaciers #globalwarming #ClimateChange

  2. Ice remembers. 🧊 Glaciers and polar ice hold centuries of the planet's history, and they're changing fast. From orbit, satellites track the melt: ice loss, sea-level rise, a climate written in white. 🛰️

    #RemoteSensing #Cryosphere #ClimateChange #Glaciers #Satellites #Geography

  3. The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire
    By Bill McGuire

    In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #NepalTibetflooddisaster #Climatecrisis #Flooding #Earthquakes #Tsunamis #Landslides #Naturaldisasters #Volcanoes #Glaciers #Environment #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #BillMcGuire

  4. A major calving event has been observed at Petermann Glacier in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) 🇬🇱

    sciencedaily.com/releases/2026
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    Un événement majeur de vêlage a été observé au glacier Petermann à Kalaallit Nunaat (Groenland) 🇬🇱

    // Article en anglais //

    #Greenland #Groenland #Iceberg #Glaciers

  5. Nepal-Tibet flash flood: what we know so far
    By Guardian staff and agencies

    At least 165 dead and hundreds missing as huge torrent of mud and debris engulfs towns, villages and countryside along Nepal-Tibet border region

    theguardian.com/world/2026/aug

    #Nepal #Tibet #China #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Landslides #Flooding #Glaciers #Environment #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

  6. Collapsing Mountains In Alaska Are Causing Massive Tsunamis 

    Alexandre Rosa/Alamy Stock Photo Sasha Calvey heard the tsunami coming.  It was after 5:30 a.m. on Aug. 10, 2025, and she was camped with two friends on a remote island in Southeast Alaska. They were 74 days into a sea kayaking trip from Washington. Heavy rain had fallen overnight, with gusts that swayed the spruce and hemlocks overhead. From her sleeping bag inside the tent, Calvey heard waves tumbling against the shore.......Continue reading.... By: Tim Lydon Source:High Country […]

    onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026

  7. Blatten, Switzerland
    A drone view shows a few remaining houses surrounded by the Lonza River nearly a year after a huge rock and ice slide triggered by the collapse of the Birch glacier destroyed much of the village of Blatten.

    Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

    #photography
    #Switzerland
    #glaciers
    #landslide
    #Blatten
    #AltText

  8. Could glacier melt slow climate change? Scientists thought so – until now

    A “long-standing silver lining” to the wrath of climate change has been put under scrutiny, as scientists find…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #Antarctica #carbonemissions #ClimateChange #environment #glaciers #globalwarming #meltingice #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/455504/

  9. Ah, the classic tale of #glaciers playing hide-and-seek! 🌍🔍 Instead of tackling the melting ice, let's barricade knowledge behind a digital fortress and call it 'security'. Because nothing screams climate action like a 404 page. 🙄❄️
    france24.com/en/live-news/2025 #climateaction #digitalfortress #meltingice #environmentalissues #404error #HackerNews #ngated

  10. Glaciers at the border of Spain /France are shrinking at an alarming rate in recent years, losing 40% area between 2020-23.

    The glaciers Infiernos, Monte Perdido and Aneto lost ice thickness more 3x more quickly in 2021-2023 compared to the ten year period prior to 2020!

    "Pyrenean glaciers are disappearing fast: state of the glaciers after the extreme mass losses in 2022 and 2023"
    link.springer.com/article/10.1

    #ClimateEmergency #Glaciers #ClimateChange #MeltingIce #Europe

  11. Thwaites Glacier, which has an area on par of that of Florida, is melting - quickly!

    "Each year Thwaites loses about 50 billion tons of ice, which comprises roughly 4% of all sea-level rise worldwide"

    The trouble is, just how fast it's melting isn't really known. Given that if it melted completely the resulting global sea level rise could be over 50 cm, it's a pretty important question to answer!

    npr.org/2024/05/21/1252727848/

    #ClimateChange #Glaciers #MeltingIce #SeaLevelRise

  12. This is really interesting, and it's great that we can learn so much about the past from the well-preserved artefacts, but it's just a shame that we have to be destroying the Earth to do it...
    🤔

    "Melting ice reveals hidden Viking artefacts"
    youtu.be/lM3EL94UKDM?si=DyHnWr

    #Glaciers #ClimateChange #MeltingIce #Vikings #History #Artefacts

  13. Evidence of Earth’s Oldest #Glaciers Found in South Africa
    eos.org/articles/evidence-of-e #discovery #science

    Earth’s first #glaciation at 2.9 Ga revealed by triple oxygen #isotopes geochemicalperspectivesletters

    "Drawing on evidence from some of the oldest undisturbed rocks on #Earth, the study authors said they see evidence for #IceSheets during the #planet’s ancient #Archaean eon similar to those found today in #mountain ranges across the world. It is the oldest evidence of glaciers ever #discovered"

  14. Hi fedi!
    A dew days ago I saw a very nice interactive map showing the water coverage of the world at 1.5C. Anyone knows of a website like that?

    Boosts appreciated :) :boostRequest:

    #climatechange #glacier #glaciers #meltingice #globalwarming

  15. Research into one of our most iconic peaks is uncovering an alarming reality.

    #OurFrozenPlanet tells stories of communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis - inspiring hope that change is possible.
    What Happens If Everest Melts? | Our Frozen Planet | BBC Earth