2025 is the UN International Year of Glaciers. One last cheer, before we bid them farewell, I suppose.

From my archive

Saint Mary's Glacier in St Mary's, Colorado

Colorado’s most beloved glacier is an imposter.#glaciers #snow #section-Atlas
Saint Mary's Glacier

RNZ: NZ’s glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice – as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544301/nz-s-glaciers-have-already-lost-nearly-a-third-of-their-ice-as-more-vanishes-landscapes-and-lives-change

The Lewis Glacier in Mount Kenya national park. Mount Kenya, Africa’s second-highest peak, is home to rapidly shrinking glaciers, which are vital for nearby ecosystems and communities. Lewis Glacier has lost over 90% of its mass since 1934. This dramatic loss is driven by rising temperatures and declining rainfall, both tied by experts to the global climate crisis, Mount Kenya, #Kenya

Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

@photography
#glaciers

NZ's glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice—as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nz-glaciers-lost-ice-landscapes.html

#idw The Unforseen Effects of Melting #Glaciers on #Arctic Coastal #Ecosystems

Researchers found that #climatechange induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of the food web, this will likely have cascading ecological and economic consequences. https://idw-online.de/en/news848649 German: https://idw-online.de/de/news848647

#Scientists discover hidden 'plumbing' that's driving #Antarctic #icesheet into the #ocean
Maps created by combining different models of #glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath #Antarctica's ice. Understanding how these vary is important for accurately predicting how much ice will flow into the ocean, and how quickly it will move. Current models predict that ice melt from Antarctica could result in #sealevelrise up to 12in (30cm) by 2100.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/scientists-discover-hidden-plumbing-thats-driving-antarctic-ice-sheet-into-the-ocean

#Greenland’s #glaciers are falling apart faster than expected
New 3D study shows meltwater driving fissures deeper into the glacial ice.
The study found that crevasses are expanding more quickly than previously detected, and somewhere between 50-90% of the water flowing through the Greenland Ice Sheet goes through crevasses, which can warm deeply submerged portions of the #glacier and increase lubrication between the base of the #icesheet and the bedrock it flows over.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/greenlands-glaciers-are-falling-apart-faster-than-expected/

A World Without Glaciers? Scientists Warn of Alarming Ice Loss…

Over the past decade, ice loss in densely populated regions like Europe has accelerated at an increasingly rapid pace... #glaciers #climatechange

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/a-world-without-glaciers-scientists-warn-of-alarming-ice-loss/

Since the year 2000, melting #glaciers around the world have lost 273 billion tons of ice annually, on average, a new study by researchers at the University of Zurich has found.

Read more: https://sustainabilityonline.net/?p=9314

Ancient seafloor spreading 15 million years ago caused sea levels to plummet | Live Science…

Today we are witnessing rapid global #sealevelrise attributable mostly to #climate change-driven melting of #icesheets and #glaciers and thermal expansion of seawater. However, sea level change also occurs over millions of years as geological processes gradually reshape Earth's ocean basins... #geology #geologicaltime

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/ancient-seafloor-spreading-15-million-years-ago-caused-sea-levels-to-plummet-live-science-2/

Comme quoi il y a pas juste des mauvaise nouvelles :

« Le glacier de Montréal est ressuscité, lui qui fondait ces dernières années »

#Écologie #Glaciers #Climat

ttps://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/02/28/le-glacier-de-montreal-est-ressuscite

A World Without Glaciers? Scientists Warn of Alarming Ice Loss…

Over the past decade, ice loss in densely populated regions like Europe has accelerated at an increasingly rapid pace... #glaciers #climatechange

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/a-world-without-glaciers-scientists-warn-of-alarming-ice-loss-2/

Norway’s Melting Glaciers Are Spilling Out Troves of Lost Artifacts : ScienceAlert…

#Norway is at the forefront of this emerging field of research, called glacial #archaeology. With about 4,500 artifacts discovered, the country claims more than half of the planet's glacial archaeology findings... #glaciers

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/norways-melting-glaciers-are-spilling-out-troves-of-lost-artifacts-sciencealert/

the stuff we leave behind!

#Archaeologists are finding mysterious ancient objects on Norway's melting #glaciers. Take a look. https://buff.ly/4kgIAfJ

BBC.com: Climate change: World’s glaciers melting faster than ever recorded…

The world's glaciers are melting faster than ever recorded under the impact of climate change, according to the most comprehensive scientific analysis to date... #climatechange #globalwarming #glaciers

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/bbc-com-climate-change-worlds-glaciers-melting-faster-than-ever-recorded-3/