#melting — Public Fediverse posts

Ah, the "Climate Dashboard"—because nothing says urgent environmental crisis like scrolling through endless menus of jargon 🤔📊. Marvel at the riveting insight that #glaciers are made of ice and—get this—they melt! 💧❄️ Meanwhile, the planet sizzles, but hey, enjoy navigating that dashboard! 🌍🔥
https://climate.metoffice.cloud/glaciers.html #ClimateDashboard #EnvironmentalCrisis #GlobalWarming #Melting #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the "Climate Dashboard"—because nothing says urgent environmental crisis like scrolling through endless menus of jargon 🤔📊. Marvel at the riveting insight that #glaciers are made of ice and—get this—they melt! 💧❄️ Meanwhile, the planet sizzles, but hey, enjoy navigating that dashboard! 🌍🔥
https://climate.metoffice.cloud/glaciers.html #ClimateDashboard #EnvironmentalCrisis #GlobalWarming #Melting #HackerNews #ngated

University of Connecticut: Christmas in July: UConn Engineers Capture Gigapixel 3D Video of Snowflakes. “For the first time ever, researchers can witness nanometer-scale thickness changes across a melting snowflake, with a compact, lensless chip that captures gigapixel video at 30 frames per second across centimeter-scale fields.”

University of Connecticut: Christmas in July: UConn Engineers Capture Gigapixel 3D Video of Snowflakes. “For the first time ever, researchers can witness nanometer-scale thickness changes across a melting snowflake, with a compact, lensless chip that captures gigapixel video at 30 frames per second across centimeter-scale fields.”

Refined Modeling of Arctic Circumpolar Building Stock Increases Estimated Mid-Century Permafrost Degradation Damages
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2026EF008578 <-- shared paper
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https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/climate-change-geopolitics-monitoring-thawing-permafrost/ | https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/dwindling-arctic-sea-ice-impacts-permafrost-health/ <-- shared technical articles
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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/oct/14/thawing-permafrost-destroying-arctic-cities-norilsk-russia <-- shared media article
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https://news.grida.no/new-map-shows-extent-of-permafrost-in-northern-hemisphere <-- shared technical article
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H/T @elias Manos
“Why the increase?
Our understanding of climate risk is only as good as our understanding of our exposure to hazards. The better we can account for what is at risk, the better we can measure risk in a changing world.
In this new study [link above], [they] investigate[d] how damage to the building stock across the Arctic, a key impact of permafrost degradation, is underestimated because of underdeveloped exposure information. With National Science Foundation (NSF) supercomputers and 400 TB of Vantor satellite imagery, [they] detected building footprints across the Arctic and classified their use types using deep learning models. Then, using Polar Geospatial Center's ArcticDEM digital surface model, [they] estimated the total floor space of each residential building. This move from 2D to 3D representation of the building stock was the largest contributor to increased building damage.
Properly estimating this consequence is necessary for understanding the near future of the Arctic economy. Knowing the magnitude of damages is critical for sustaining the communities and livelihoods of more than 5 million people that call the Arctic home. There are also much broader implications. With the Arctic continuing to emerge as a strategic centerpiece in global affairs and the global economy, accurately quantifying the physical shocks to its built environment will allow researchers to more effectively represent the Arctic in global climate economic models. More precise international policymaking will also be enabled by these improvements.
Ultimately, this research highlights a similar challenge in completely different regions of the world (e.g., Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa) where exposure is constantly evolving alongside rapid population growth and urbanization. Building stock information can quickly become outdated as these changes occur; satellite remote sensing and AI are key players in keeping up with these changes and supporting data-driven disaster risk management…”
#arctic #circumpolar #permafrost #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #melting #degradation #damage #cost #economics #risk #hazard #climaterisk #climatechange #remotesensing #HPC #earthobservation #ArcticDEM #buildingfootprint #LLM #AI #machinelearning #engineering #economy #buildingstock #community #policy #planning #geopolitics #risk #management @UConn Research

Refined Modeling of Arctic Circumpolar Building Stock Increases Estimated Mid-Century Permafrost Degradation Damages
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2026EF008578 <-- shared paper
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https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/climate-change-geopolitics-monitoring-thawing-permafrost/ | https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/dwindling-arctic-sea-ice-impacts-permafrost-health/ <-- shared technical articles
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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/oct/14/thawing-permafrost-destroying-arctic-cities-norilsk-russia <-- shared media article
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https://news.grida.no/new-map-shows-extent-of-permafrost-in-northern-hemisphere <-- shared technical article
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H/T @elias Manos
“Why the increase?
Our understanding of climate risk is only as good as our understanding of our exposure to hazards. The better we can account for what is at risk, the better we can measure risk in a changing world.
In this new study [link above], [they] investigate[d] how damage to the building stock across the Arctic, a key impact of permafrost degradation, is underestimated because of underdeveloped exposure information. With National Science Foundation (NSF) supercomputers and 400 TB of Vantor satellite imagery, [they] detected building footprints across the Arctic and classified their use types using deep learning models. Then, using Polar Geospatial Center's ArcticDEM digital surface model, [they] estimated the total floor space of each residential building. This move from 2D to 3D representation of the building stock was the largest contributor to increased building damage.
Properly estimating this consequence is necessary for understanding the near future of the Arctic economy. Knowing the magnitude of damages is critical for sustaining the communities and livelihoods of more than 5 million people that call the Arctic home. There are also much broader implications. With the Arctic continuing to emerge as a strategic centerpiece in global affairs and the global economy, accurately quantifying the physical shocks to its built environment will allow researchers to more effectively represent the Arctic in global climate economic models. More precise international policymaking will also be enabled by these improvements.
Ultimately, this research highlights a similar challenge in completely different regions of the world (e.g., Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa) where exposure is constantly evolving alongside rapid population growth and urbanization. Building stock information can quickly become outdated as these changes occur; satellite remote sensing and AI are key players in keeping up with these changes and supporting data-driven disaster risk management…”
#arctic #circumpolar #permafrost #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #melting #degradation #damage #cost #economics #risk #hazard #climaterisk #climatechange #remotesensing #HPC #earthobservation #ArcticDEM #buildingfootprint #LLM #AI #machinelearning #engineering #economy #buildingstock #community #policy #planning #geopolitics #risk #management @UConn Research

a detail of a melty fresco

#Detail #Fresco #Mosaic #Ceramic #Melting #Relief #Texture #Sculptural #Geometric #Terracotta #Gold #Silver
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

on whole stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/a-detail-of-a-melty-fresco-eris-and-ai.html

a detail of a melty fresco

#Detail #Fresco #Mosaic #Ceramic #Melting #Relief #Texture #Sculptural #Geometric #Terracotta #Gold #Silver
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

on whole stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/a-detail-of-a-melty-fresco-eris-and-ai.html

how's your summer going so far? ☀️
doodle for Crumble
#furry #furryart #avali #bee #hot #summer #melting

Snow and #ice on #Swiss #glaciers #melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/27/snow-and-ice-on-swiss-glaciers-melting-at-alarming-rate-amid-heatwave-expert-says

Accumulation on #Switzerland ’s glaciers from last winter expected to all be gone by Monday amid ‘enormous’ melt rates across #Alps

Snow and #ice on #Swiss #glaciers #melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/27/snow-and-ice-on-swiss-glaciers-melting-at-alarming-rate-amid-heatwave-expert-says

Accumulation on #Switzerland ’s glaciers from last winter expected to all be gone by Monday amid ‘enormous’ melt rates across #Alps

🎶 Oh the weather outside is frightful
And the fires are something awful
And since we've no place to go
Let it PLEASE for THE LOVE OF ALL – I'm MELTING! LET IT STOP!!

#climatechange #melting #fafo

🎶 Oh the weather outside is frightful
And the fires are something awful
And since we've no place to go
Let it PLEASE for THE LOVE OF ALL – I'm MELTING! LET IT STOP!!

#climatechange #melting #fafo

Perfect week to be on holiday in a mobile home. I got very ill yesterday, and today is the wife's turn. At least our daughter seems to be handling the heat just fine! #melting #heatwave

Perfect week to be on holiday in a mobile home. I got very ill yesterday, and today is the wife's turn. At least our daughter seems to be handling the heat just fine! #melting #heatwave

Rock Weathering Can Counteract River CO2 Emissions Induced By Permafrost Thaw
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10664-8 <-- shared paper
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H/T @aaron Bufe
“[The researchers] measured carbon emissions and water chemistry in 50 headwater rivers draining 780,000 km² of the Tibetan Plateau.
The rivers flow in landscapes underlain by continuous permafrost and landscapes in which the permafrost has retreated since the last glacial maximum. They collect[ed] organic carbon from soils and dissolved inorganic carbon that is fixed by rock-weathering.
Where the permafrost cover is continuous, rivers emit CO2 from degrading (permafrost) soil carbon. Weathering reactions in these catchments are relatively slow.
In landscapes with (almost) no permafrost, carbon fluxes from weathering are faster than CO2 emissions from rivers.
Thus, as permafrost landscapes transition to landscapes without permafrost cover, chemical weathering reactions may play an ever more important role in riverine carbon cycling.
Interestingly, weathering can affect the carbon cycle in different ways. Where sulfide minerals are present, weathering reactions can emit CO2. Where silicate minerals dominate, weathering draws down CO2 from the atmosphere…”
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“Climate-induced permafrost thaw unlocks large stores of organic carbon that are mineralized and emitted as carbon dioxide (CO2) from rivers to the atmosphere. Concurrently, warming and permafrost thaw can increase mineral weathering rates, thus affecting the release and sequestration of inorganic carbon. Yet how these biological and geological carbon cycles interact and jointly affect CO2 dynamics (emission compared with drawdown) in permafrost rivers remains unknown. Here [they] combine[d] CO2 emissions, organic and inorganic solute concentrations, dual carbon isotopes (δ13C–Δ14C) and geochemical modelling to infer how permafrost thaw may affect river biogeochemistry over decades to centuries across the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Leveraging a gradient of thermal permafrost degradation, we find that river CO2 emissions decline, whereas solute fluxes from rock weathering increase with decreasing permafrost cover. Across this region, net CO2 drawdown fluxes from rock weathering are about 35% of river CO2 emissions, varying from around 15% in catchments with continuous permafrost to more than 100% in catchments with discontinuous or isolated permafrost. Thus, carbon fluxes from chemical weathering may become increasingly important with ongoing permafrost thaw, potentially even outpacing river CO2 emissions. [Their] findings disentangle the interplay between biological and geological carbon fluxes that are important for the cryosphere and the global carbon cycle…”
#permafrost #melting #thaw #climatechange #warming #Tibet #TibetanPlateau #Qinghai #water #hydrology #carbonemissions #CO2 #emissions #waterchemistry #waterquality #cryosphere #sediment #sedimentation #weathering #rock #carbon #river #riverine #carboncyling #geochemistry #biology #geology #soil

Rock Weathering Can Counteract River CO2 Emissions Induced By Permafrost Thaw
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10664-8 <-- shared paper
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H/T @aaron Bufe
“[The researchers] measured carbon emissions and water chemistry in 50 headwater rivers draining 780,000 km² of the Tibetan Plateau.
The rivers flow in landscapes underlain by continuous permafrost and landscapes in which the permafrost has retreated since the last glacial maximum. They collect[ed] organic carbon from soils and dissolved inorganic carbon that is fixed by rock-weathering.
Where the permafrost cover is continuous, rivers emit CO2 from degrading (permafrost) soil carbon. Weathering reactions in these catchments are relatively slow.
In landscapes with (almost) no permafrost, carbon fluxes from weathering are faster than CO2 emissions from rivers.
Thus, as permafrost landscapes transition to landscapes without permafrost cover, chemical weathering reactions may play an ever more important role in riverine carbon cycling.
Interestingly, weathering can affect the carbon cycle in different ways. Where sulfide minerals are present, weathering reactions can emit CO2. Where silicate minerals dominate, weathering draws down CO2 from the atmosphere…”
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“Climate-induced permafrost thaw unlocks large stores of organic carbon that are mineralized and emitted as carbon dioxide (CO2) from rivers to the atmosphere. Concurrently, warming and permafrost thaw can increase mineral weathering rates, thus affecting the release and sequestration of inorganic carbon. Yet how these biological and geological carbon cycles interact and jointly affect CO2 dynamics (emission compared with drawdown) in permafrost rivers remains unknown. Here [they] combine[d] CO2 emissions, organic and inorganic solute concentrations, dual carbon isotopes (δ13C–Δ14C) and geochemical modelling to infer how permafrost thaw may affect river biogeochemistry over decades to centuries across the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Leveraging a gradient of thermal permafrost degradation, we find that river CO2 emissions decline, whereas solute fluxes from rock weathering increase with decreasing permafrost cover. Across this region, net CO2 drawdown fluxes from rock weathering are about 35% of river CO2 emissions, varying from around 15% in catchments with continuous permafrost to more than 100% in catchments with discontinuous or isolated permafrost. Thus, carbon fluxes from chemical weathering may become increasingly important with ongoing permafrost thaw, potentially even outpacing river CO2 emissions. [Their] findings disentangle the interplay between biological and geological carbon fluxes that are important for the cryosphere and the global carbon cycle…”
#permafrost #melting #thaw #climatechange #warming #Tibet #TibetanPlateau #Qinghai #water #hydrology #carbonemissions #CO2 #emissions #waterchemistry #waterquality #cryosphere #sediment #sedimentation #weathering #rock #carbon #river #riverine #carboncyling #geochemistry #biology #geology #soil

Guess anyone who has air conditioning at home in the UK can feel a little bit smug today #melting #ukweather

#Scientists have definitively taken us beyond the #BigBang : Medium

A #Hoard of #Gold #Treasures reveals the true #Power of a #Mysterious #BronzeAge #Civilization : Nat Geo

#Glaciers in the '#Roof of the #World' have suddenly started #Melting : New Sci

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#Scientists have definitively taken us beyond the #BigBang : Medium

A #Hoard of #Gold #Treasures reveals the true #Power of a #Mysterious #BronzeAge #Civilization : Nat Geo

#Glaciers in the '#Roof of the #World' have suddenly started #Melting : New Sci

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

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Climate Warming and Ice Weakening Trigger Alpine Glacier Collapses - The Marmolada Case [Dolomites, Northern Italy]
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL121279 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3027-2025 <-- shared technical article
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Marmolada_serac_collapse <-- shared Wikipedia page
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[anecdotal – in the early 1990s, I chose to spend a winter as a ski bum/guide, living in Arabba, Dolomites, Sud Tyrol; I still remember the excellent days when I got to ski on the Marmolada]
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“PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: On 3 July 2022, a portion of the Marmolada glacier, near Punta Rocca, collapsed and caused the death of 11 mountaineers. This dramatic event had a considerable impact on the media, and authorities were concerned about the risk that other collapses might occur in this and other glaciers of the Dolomites, a well-renowned mountain region of the southeastern Alps and one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites. [They] analyzed the possible causes of the collapse by developing a three-dimensional thermo-mechanical model. The analysis concluded that the collapse was caused by increased internal ice temperature and the development of a dense network of fractures, reducing the ice shear strength, with melting water that possibly contributed by increasing the basal pressure. [They] also showed that collapsing conditions can be identified with a simplified model version approximating the sliding basal surface as a plane with a slope equal to the surface slope. The developed approach can be used in hazard identification and risk analysis of mountain glaciers…”
#EngineeringGeology #RockMechanics #GlacierCollapse #RiskAssessment #italy #Dolomites #SudTyrol #glacier #melting #massmovement #risk #hazard #analysis #Marmolada #glaciercollapse #cryosphere #warning #mitigation #hazardassessment #alpine #climatechange #globalwarming #massloss #instability #model #modeling #thermomechanical #spatialanalysis #temperature #parameters #ice #shearstrength #water #hydrology #hydrography #basal #waterpressure #meltwater #fracturing #riskanalysis #mountainglaciers

Climate Warming and Ice Weakening Trigger Alpine Glacier Collapses - The Marmolada Case [Dolomites, Northern Italy]
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL121279 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-3027-2025 <-- shared technical article
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Marmolada_serac_collapse <-- shared Wikipedia page
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[anecdotal – in the early 1990s, I chose to spend a winter as a ski bum/guide, living in Arabba, Dolomites, Sud Tyrol; I still remember the excellent days when I got to ski on the Marmolada]
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“PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: On 3 July 2022, a portion of the Marmolada glacier, near Punta Rocca, collapsed and caused the death of 11 mountaineers. This dramatic event had a considerable impact on the media, and authorities were concerned about the risk that other collapses might occur in this and other glaciers of the Dolomites, a well-renowned mountain region of the southeastern Alps and one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites. [They] analyzed the possible causes of the collapse by developing a three-dimensional thermo-mechanical model. The analysis concluded that the collapse was caused by increased internal ice temperature and the development of a dense network of fractures, reducing the ice shear strength, with melting water that possibly contributed by increasing the basal pressure. [They] also showed that collapsing conditions can be identified with a simplified model version approximating the sliding basal surface as a plane with a slope equal to the surface slope. The developed approach can be used in hazard identification and risk analysis of mountain glaciers…”
#EngineeringGeology #RockMechanics #GlacierCollapse #RiskAssessment #italy #Dolomites #SudTyrol #glacier #melting #massmovement #risk #hazard #analysis #Marmolada #glaciercollapse #cryosphere #warning #mitigation #hazardassessment #alpine #climatechange #globalwarming #massloss #instability #model #modeling #thermomechanical #spatialanalysis #temperature #parameters #ice #shearstrength #water #hydrology #hydrography #basal #waterpressure #meltwater #fracturing #riskanalysis #mountainglaciers

Vanishing Of Very Small Glacierets Throughout The Northern And Central Andes Of Chile
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https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2026.10052 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1377216 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2025.1565290 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2026.10050 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #glacier #glacierets #chile #southamerica #andes #mountains #continental #cryosphere #delineation #fluctuations #GIS #spatial #mapping #meteorology #remotesensing #change #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #climatechange #extremeweather #snow #ice #melting #vanishing #ChileanPublicGlacierInventory #catalogue #loss #reduction #megadrought #hydrography

Vanishing Of Very Small Glacierets Throughout The Northern And Central Andes Of Chile
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https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2026.10052 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1377216 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2025.1565290 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2026.10050 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #glacier #glacierets #chile #southamerica #andes #mountains #continental #cryosphere #delineation #fluctuations #GIS #spatial #mapping #meteorology #remotesensing #change #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #climatechange #extremeweather #snow #ice #melting #vanishing #ChileanPublicGlacierInventory #catalogue #loss #reduction #megadrought #hydrography

Regelation Lets Glaciers Flow

Under the cold temperatures and immense pressures of a glacier, ice does not always behave in ways we’d expect. For example, cutting through ice using the pressure of a weighted wire does not break an ice block in two; as the wire passes through the ice, the melted water refreezes in its wake, leaving an intact block. Known as regelation, this process is one way that glaciers flow past obstacles in their path.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHRJxeGvTLs

Although many experiments demonstrate regelation for ice with temperatures near freezing, the process occurs in colder ice, too. A new study combines data across a wide range of temperatures with a new physical model of regelation to show how the process changes with temperature. It seems that relatively small temperature changes drastically affect how much meltwater forms around the wire and how slowly the ice refreezes. (Image credit: S. Ferrara; video credit: SciTube; research credit: C. Meyer et al.)

Regelation Lets Glaciers Flow

Under the cold temperatures and immense pressures of a glacier, ice does not always behave in ways we’d expect. For example, cutting through ice using the pressure of a weighted wire does not break an ice block in two; as the wire passes through the ice, the melted water refreezes in its wake, leaving an intact block. Known as regelation, this process is one way that glaciers flow past obstacles in their path.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHRJxeGvTLs

Although many experiments demonstrate regelation for ice with temperatures near freezing, the process occurs in colder ice, too. A new study combines data across a wide range of temperatures with a new physical model of regelation to show how the process changes with temperature. It seems that relatively small temperature changes drastically affect how much meltwater forms around the wire and how slowly the ice refreezes. (Image credit: S. Ferrara; video credit: SciTube; research credit: C. Meyer et al.)

Why Do Some #Planets Have #Rings While Others Don’t? : Medium

Can #Math #Predict the end of #Humanity? : Sci Am

#Melting #Mountain #Ice Is Bringing #Ancient #Secrets to the Surface. #Archaeologists Are Racing to Find the #Artifacts Before They’re Lost to Time : Misc

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Why Do Some #Planets Have #Rings While Others Don’t? : Medium

Can #Math #Predict the end of #Humanity? : Sci Am

#Melting #Mountain #Ice Is Bringing #Ancient #Secrets to the Surface. #Archaeologists Are Racing to Find the #Artifacts Before They’re Lost to Time : Misc

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I am so excited to share the beautiful North American cover of #Melting the Ice Queen, coming March 16th, 2027! 😍

This epic conclusion to my Queens of Villainy trilogy features an ice queen’s marriage of convenience to a fiery high priestess, with "no feelings ever to be involved."

(Yeah, right. 😘 ❤️‍🔥 )

Their world will never be the same again!

Cover Artist: Mike Pape, @WingBuffet

Designer: Lesley Worrell

Preorder now:

https://bit.ly/MeltingTheIceQueen

#romance #fantasy

I am so excited to share the beautiful North American cover of #Melting the Ice Queen, coming March 16th, 2027! 😍

This epic conclusion to my Queens of Villainy trilogy features an ice queen’s marriage of convenience to a fiery high priestess, with "no feelings ever to be involved."

(Yeah, right. 😘 ❤️‍🔥 )

Their world will never be the same again!

Cover Artist: Mike Pape, @WingBuffet

Designer: Lesley Worrell

Preorder now:

https://bit.ly/MeltingTheIceQueen

#romance #fantasy

Boy, it almost seems like a #GlobalConspiracy by #BigOil and #BigMineral... Keep warming temps so they can mine #Antarctica!

Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them.

Melting ice, rebounding land, and rising seas will change what resources are available in Antarctica, a new analysis finds.

By Grace van Deelen, published April 5, 2026

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/antarctica-hides-huge-caches-of-gold-silver-copper-and-iron-as-the-ice-melts-countries-may-race-to-harvest-them

#Melting #DoomsdayGlacier #GlobalWarming #ExxonKnew #BigOilKnew #CorporateGreed

Boy, it almost seems like a #GlobalConspiracy by #BigOil and #BigMineral... Keep warming temps so they can mine #Antarctica!

Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them.

Melting ice, rebounding land, and rising seas will change what resources are available in Antarctica, a new analysis finds.

By Grace van Deelen, published April 5, 2026

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/antarctica-hides-huge-caches-of-gold-silver-copper-and-iron-as-the-ice-melts-countries-may-race-to-harvest-them

#Melting #DoomsdayGlacier #GlobalWarming #ExxonKnew #BigOilKnew #CorporateGreed

Blue Jewels and Gray Haze

Beginning in early spring, brilliant blue ponds form on Greenland’s ice sheets as meltwater gathers in indentations. This satellite image shows the ice east of Nordenskiöld Glacier, which is the tongue of ice projecting on the left side of the image. The center region of ice is darker, marked by soot, ash, and dirt left behind after previous ice layers have melted. These darker remains make the ice less reflective to sunlight; with less reflectivity, the ice absorbs more sunlight, melting faster. (Image credit: M. Garrison/NASA Earth Observatory)

Blue Jewels and Gray Haze

Beginning in early spring, brilliant blue ponds form on Greenland’s ice sheets as meltwater gathers in indentations. This satellite image shows the ice east of Nordenskiöld Glacier, which is the tongue of ice projecting on the left side of the image. The center region of ice is darker, marked by soot, ash, and dirt left behind after previous ice layers have melted. These darker remains make the ice less reflective to sunlight; with less reflectivity, the ice absorbs more sunlight, melting faster. (Image credit: M. Garrison/NASA Earth Observatory)

3rd day of melting today....
#melting #boost #temp #ikeatimmerflotte

3rd day of melting today....
#melting #boost #temp #ikeatimmerflotte

Officially hotter than a hot thing in Hotville right now....
#melting #heatwave #british #weather

Officially hotter than a hot thing in Hotville right now....
#melting #heatwave #british #weather

finally melting

#Wall #Melting #Blue #Green #Water #Droplets #Texture #Metal #Vine #Organic
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

on solid things: https://aieris.art/featured/finally-melting-eris-and-ai.html

finally melting

#Wall #Melting #Blue #Green #Water #Droplets #Texture #Metal #Vine #Organic
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

on solid things: https://aieris.art/featured/finally-melting-eris-and-ai.html

Satellites spy one of Russia's most active volcanoes melting snow from the inside out
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=satellites-spy-one-of-russias-most-active-volcanoes-melting-snow-from-the-inside-out
<p>Fresh satellite images reveal volcanic heat melting snow around Russia&#039;s relentless Shiveluch
#satellites #melting #russia #active

A 481-Metre-High Landslide-Tsunami In A Cruise Ship–Frequented Alaska Fjord
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aec3187 <-- shared paper
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/science/tsunami-landslide-alaska-climate-arctic.html <-- shared media article
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#naturalhazard #glacier #glacial #melting #risk #hazard #climatechance #extremeweather #tsunami #runup #riskassessment #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #cryosphere #disaster #publicsafety #damage #infrastructure #Alaska #fjord #landslide #massmovement #engineeringeology #geology #cruiseship #humanimpacts #water #hydrology #caseexample #monitoring #coast #coastal #marine #wave #microseismicity #remotesensing #earthobservation #tourism #averteddisaster #readiness #awareness #planning #safety #deglaciating

A 481-Metre-High Landslide-Tsunami In A Cruise Ship–Frequented Alaska Fjord
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aec3187 <-- shared paper
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/science/tsunami-landslide-alaska-climate-arctic.html <-- shared media article
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#naturalhazard #glacier #glacial #melting #risk #hazard #climatechance #extremeweather #tsunami #runup #riskassessment #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #cryosphere #disaster #publicsafety #damage #infrastructure #Alaska #fjord #landslide #massmovement #engineeringeology #geology #cruiseship #humanimpacts #water #hydrology #caseexample #monitoring #coast #coastal #marine #wave #microseismicity #remotesensing #earthobservation #tourism #averteddisaster #readiness #awareness #planning #safety #deglaciating

#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture & literature review #Antarctic #Antarctica #SeaIce #BlueOceanEvent

Paul explains the causes and effects of warm water #melting #glacialIce from below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwEW9droq3Q

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture & literature review #Antarctic #Antarctica #SeaIce #BlueOceanEvent

Paul explains the causes and effects of warm water #melting #glacialIce from below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwEW9droq3Q

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis

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

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

In the swing of spring
Between freezing and melting
Whipsawn flowers cry

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #April #MotherNature #Nature #Spring #Daffodils #Freezing #Melting #Poetry #Ohio #USA #Photography #2026

April 20, 2026

In the swing of spring
Between freezing and melting
Whipsawn flowers cry

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #April #MotherNature #Nature #Spring #Daffodils #Freezing #Melting #Poetry #Ohio #USA #Photography #2026

April 20, 2026

Melting Can Propel Icebergs

Icebergs have long served as a metaphor for not knowing what’s going on beneath the surface. Studies like today’s are a reminder of why that is. Researchers found that asymmetric icebergs–shaped, in this case, like a right triangular prism–can self-propel as they melt. Their shape forces cold, dense meltwater to slide down the surface, generating a sinking plume that propels the ice as a whole. The team demonstrated this effect in both fresh- and saltwater. For icebergs wandering into warm waters, the effect is particularly strong and may reach levels about 10% of the magnitude of dominant propulsive forces like wind. (Image and research credit: M. Berhanu et al.; via APS)

GLOF [Glacial Lake Outburst Flood] Risk Management in Sikkim
[overview/technical video]
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https://youtu.be/ZM4M_oyYBTQ?si=WAD1zMJDawjdGw3n <-- shared video
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#GLOF #Himalayan #Himalayas #India #Pakistan #Nepal #cryosphere #glacier #glacial #melting #water #hydrology #risk #hazard #Sikkim #mitigation #planning #monitoring #infrastructure #climatechange #video #publicsafety #damage #cost #economics #riskassessment #disaster #riskmanagement #policy #government #governance #resilience #community #population #mountains #Switzerland #cooperation #expertise #riskreduction

‘On A Whole Other Level’ - Rapid Snow Melt-Off In American West Stuns Scientists
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Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/01/snowmelt-american-west <-- shared media/technical article
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https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/predictive/outlooks/monthly_seasonal_outlook.pdf <-- shared National Significant Wildland Fire Potential @ 04/01/26 (for the next four months)
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[ extreme lack of snowfall already in the ‘25/’26 US West winter to begin with, and now this… ☹ ]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #weather #metrology #climatechange #extremeweather #snowpack #USWest #USA #winter #heat #melting #snowmelt #risk #hazard #water #hydrology #waterresources #watersecurity #agriculture #wildfire #risk #hazard #firerisk #watersupply #watershed #management #planning #Colorado #Utah #California #earthobservation
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