#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

Disaster Experts Say Nepal Glacier Collapse Was Difficult to Predict

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/world/asia/nepal-flood-glacier-collapse.html

A Review Of Evolving Remote Sensing And Automated Techniques In Rock Glacier Mapping
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2026.105473 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #rockglacier #glaciers #permafrost #remotesensing #interferometry #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #machinelearning #AI #machinelearning #ML #deeplearning #CNN #metrics #inventory #earthobservation #GeoAI #geostatistics #InSAR #LiDAR #radar #satellite #review #literaturereview #geomorphology #geomorphometry #hydrology #geohazard #risk #hazard #engineeringgeology #biodiversity #permafrost #cryosphere #ice #snow #geology #assessment #survey #research
@Geospatial Research Institute Toi Hangarau | @University of Canterbury

Der #Welttag der #Gletscher (englisch #World Day for #Glaciers) ist der 21. März. Der Welttag wurde auf dem 36. #UN-#Wassertreffen der #VereintenNationen im Jahr 2022 beschlossen...
Der Welttag der Gletscher soll auf die Bedeutung von Gletschern aufmerksam machen sowie auf die #Auswirkungen des #Gletscherschwunds auf #Menschen und #Ökosysteme.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welttag_der_Gletscher

#Aktionstag

Who needs #BioLabs when there's all sorts of #bacteria about to be exposed after thousands of years!

Researchers issue warning after making grim #Antarctic discovery: 'We are only beginning to understand'

Story by Daysia Tolentino, January 29, 2026

Excerpt: "A study published in the journal #Biocontaminant examined the effects of #GlacialMelting on our #WaterSupply.

"#Glaciers serve as reservoirs for #AntibioticResistanceGenes, or #ARGs, and other #microbes. When they are released from the ice, they enter our water systems, posing a major health risk to people downstream.

"Millions of people get their water from glacier-fed rivers and lakes. ARGs are strands of DNA that make bacteria more resistant to drugs. When ARGs in #meltwater make their way into our water supply, they become a global public health risk.

"The study emphasizes the importance of viewing glaciers, rivers, and lakes as being part of a 'glacier continuum.' This means they are an interconnected system rather than separate environments.

Why are melting glaciers concerning?

"From our gas-powered cars to #overconsumption, human activity has contributed to the production of heat-trapping gases that warm the planet. Rising global temperatures have caused glaciers to rapidly melt, causing elevated sea levels and releasing ARGs.

"ARGs from melting glaciers are worrisome because they help facilitate the spread of diseases. This threat is compounded by the fact that our growing #microplastic problem is also helping #AntibioticResistant #bacteria breed. As a result, #medicines are being rendered less effective."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/researchers-issue-warning-after-making-grim-antarctic-discovery-we-are-only-beginning-to-understand/

#WorldPol #USPol #FossilFuels #FossilFools #Degrowth #RenewablesNow #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #HumanFolly #NewDiseases

#Earth close to ‘risk #TippingPoints’ that will damage our ability to deal with #ClimateCrisis, warns #UN - Analysis also warns of further tipping points on horizon such as drying up of #groundwater vital for food supplies -
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“As we indiscriminately extract our water resources, damage #nature, and pollute both #Earth and #space, we are moving dangerously close to the brink of multiple risk tipping points that could destroy the very systems that our life depends on,” said Dr Zita Sebesvari, at UNU’s Institute for Environment and Human Security. “We are changing the entire risk landscape and losing our tools to manage risk.”
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"These “ #risk tipping points” also include the loss of the mountain #glaciers that are essential for water supplies in many parts of the world and accumulating #space #debris knocking out #satellites that provide early warnings of extreme weather."
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"The risk tipping points are different from the #climate tipping points the world is on the brink of, including the collapse of #Amazon rainforest and the shutdown of a key Atlantic Ocean current #AMOC. The climate tipping points are large-scale changes driven by human-caused global heating, while the risk tipping points are more directly connected to people’s lives via complex #social and #ecological systems."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/25/climate-crisis-threatens-tipping-point-of-uninsurable-homes-says-un

here is a link to the #UNU report - https://interconnectedrisks.org/

#Klimakrise #ClimateEmergency #Collapse

Slideshow of process work in my studio, Planet Art. The installation is The Lay of the Land: Glacial Biocenosis, Museum of Northwest Art, 2018-2019, Surge exhibition. Scrolls are acrylic mixed media on digitized historic topographic maps of North Cascades glaciers. There are 3 posts in my blog; the first from 2018: https://www.planetart.space/the-lay-of-the-land-glacial-biocenosis-update/
#climatechange #landscape #SkagitRiver #NorthCascades #NationalPark #glacialmelts #glacialtill #glaciers #MuseumofNorthwestArt #SCSC #Surge #installation

The Hinman Glacier, in the Cascades east of Seattle, is now no more. It's the "biggest North Cascade glacier to completely disappear."

Via KUOW public radio: https://www.kuow.org/stories/rip-washington-s-hinman-glacier-gone-after-thousands-of-years

#Glaciers #WAwx #CascadeRange #WA #PNW #Seattle #ClimateChange