#glaciers — Public Fediverse posts

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

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

Though the scale and mechanisms may vary, Japan is not immune to the risk of catastrophic mudslides hitting mountainous communities like the one that hit Nepal last month, experts say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/09/climate-change/japan-avalanche-risk-nepal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #nepal #glaciers #floods #landslides #rain

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

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/01/nepal-tibet-flood-alaska-himalayas-andes-greenland-alps

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

The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/01/nepal-tibet-flood-alaska-himalayas-andes-greenland-alps #NepaltibetFloodDisaster #ClimateCrisis #Flooding #Earthquakes #Tsunamis #Landslides #NaturalDisasters #Volcanoes #Glaciers #Environment #ExtremeWeather

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

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260823094145.htm
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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

RE: https://ard.social/@tagesschau/117168073772866447

Falls es ein gebrochener Gletschersee war, dann nennt sich der Mist

GLOF = glacial lake outburst flood

#Gletscher #glaciers #Klimawandel #Klimakrise #ClimateCrisis #globaleÜberhitzung #Erderwärmung

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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/nepal-tibet-flash-floods-what-we-know-so-far-flooding

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

Collapsing Mountains In Alaska Are Causing Massive Tsunamis 

https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026/07/13/collapsing-mountains-in-alaska-are-causing-massive-tsunamis/

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

Hanging Glaciers In Himalaya Reveal Rising Avalanche Risk
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-026-00072-2 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00205-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #risk #hazard #monitoring #engineeringgeology #naturalhazard #Himalaya #Himalayas #Alaknanda #basin #Garhwal #India #ice #cryosphere #massmovement #avalanche #glacier #hangingglacier #cryosphere #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #sentinel2 #DEM #elevation #model #modeling #GlabTop2 #unstable #hanging #BadrinathMana #impact #infrastructure #damage #HEP #urbanisation #development #population #publicsafety #demographics #glacialretreat #melting #Chamoli #disaster #earlywarningsystems #Himalayan #glaciers #instability #warming #climatechange #riskassessment #riskclassification #framework #avaflow #runout #downstream #downslope #water #hydrology #planning #policy #mitigation #geomorphology #geomorphometry

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/10/argentina-just-ripped-up-its-pioneering-glacier-law-what-does-this-mean-for-millions-of-peoples-drinking-water. "About 7 million #people, 16% of the #population in #Argentina, live in areas that depend on #glaciers, according to #environmental #organisations. Glaciers don’t just feed #rivers; they balance fragile #ecosystems hit hard by a heating #planet. In Argentina’s northwest, #scientists say they have shrunk by 17% in the past 10 years."

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
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/455504/

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. 🙄❄️
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251001-swiss-glaciers-shrank-by-a-quarter-in-past-decade-study #climateaction #digitalfortress #meltingice #environmentalissues #404error #HackerNews #ngated

Why are climate change alarmists worried about the melting Antarctic ice when glacial rebound will cause land to rise, thereby counteracting the rise in sea levels?
#climatechange #antarctica #meltingice #sealevels #globalwarming #climatecatastrophe #meltingglaciers #glaciers #risingsealevels #glacialrebound #geology #environmentalism #ecology #climate

Warming temperatures affect glaciers’ ability to store meltwater, contributing to rising sea levels
#ClimateChange #Glaciers #SeaLevelRise #Arctic #Nunavut #Greenland #MeltingIce #GlobalWarming #Environment #ClimateCrisis #Research #Science #Glaciers
https://the-14.com/warming-temperatures-affect-glaciers-ability-to-store-meltwater-contributing-to-rising-sea-levels/

Glaciers really fascinate me and I am always impressed by their beauty. Every single time.

#Glaciers #Gletscher #mountains #Switzerland #MeltingIce #ClimateChange #glaciers2025 #POW #POWswitzerland

The Greenland ice sheet is falling apart – new study
#Greenland #Environment #ClimateChange #Arctic #Glaciers #IceSheet #SeaLevelRise #GlobalWarming #Glaciology #ClimateCrisis #Sustainability #MeltingIce #GreenlandIceSheet
https://the-14.com/the-greenland-ice-sheet-is-falling-apart-new-study/

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"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-024-02333-1

#ClimateEmergency #Glaciers #ClimateChange #MeltingIce #Europe

End Of An Era – Historic Landsat 7 Mission Takes Final Images
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/end-era-historic-landsat-7-mission-takes-final-images <-- shared USGS technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #landsat #remotesensing #landsat7 #history #mission #landsat8 #landsat9 #landsatnext #imagery #satellite #landuse #water #hydrology #disasters #ecology #ecosystems #climatechange #deforestration #urbangrowth #wildfires #monitoring #agriculture #waterresources #change #forest #vegetation #snow #ice #glaciers
@USGS

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!

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/21/1252727848/antarctica-thwaites-glacier-climate-change-sea-level-rise

#ClimateChange #Glaciers #MeltingIce #SeaLevelRise

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...
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"Melting ice reveals hidden Viking artefacts"
https://youtu.be/lM3EL94UKDM?si=DyHnWrH3ofKAoXF8

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

Evidence of Earth’s Oldest #Glaciers Found in South Africa
https://eos.org/articles/evidence-of-earths-oldest-glaciers-found-in-south-africa #discovery #science

Earth’s first #glaciation at 2.9 Ga revealed by triple oxygen #isotopes https://www.geochemicalperspectivesletters.org/article2319/

"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"

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