Retreating glaciers in Mexico
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Shrinking Andean glaciers threaten water supplies for 90 million people, with near-total ice loss possible by 2100 unless urgent climate action is taken
https://scitechdaily.com/90-million-at-risk-scientists-warn-of-looming-andean-water-crisis/
#SouthAmerica #Andes #glaciers #waterSupply
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Did the #snowballEarth give complex life a boost?
Planet-wide #glaciers may have filled the #oceans with mineral nutrients.
As massive glaciers scratched and scarred #Earth’s rocky surface, they freed less-common minerals, which were later flushed into the seas as the ice melted into giant glacial rivers. These minerals in turn may have spurred nutrient cycling in the oceans, boosting the metabolism of microbial life.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/bulldozing-glaciers-may-have-spurred-evolution-in-the-ocean/
Ars Technica · Did the snowball Earth give complex life a boost?
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The next generation of Bakonzo people will be profoundly impacted by the loss of glaciers. Masereka says: ‘I will tell my son it was very beautiful to have snow on the Rwenzori for our livelihood … it will be unfortunate, but I will encourage him to involve himself in conservation-related activities as an alternative to the snow, which was our resource in our time’
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A channel carrying water to communities in the foothills of the Rwenzori. Glaciers act as a buffer – feeding rivers during dry seasons and regulating water flow. Their loss increases droughts, floods and even wildfires.
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By 2024 the glacier on Mount Stanley has retreated. Project Pressure’s data revealed a loss in surface area of 29.5% between 2020 and 2024
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Mount Stanley holds the last glacial ice in Rwenzori, but the glaciers are fragmenting. This image was taken by Klaus Thymann in 2022
Africa's last glaciers
Mount Speke topped with ice in 2012. The Rwenzori mountains are one of the world’s most remote and dramatic landscapes, thought to be the legendary Mountains of the Moon mentioned by ancient Greek geographers such as Ptolemy.
Photographs by Project Pressure
It’s getting hard to put a smile on my face these days. Lots of negative nonsense all abound. But it’s pictures like these, that help remind me that there is still good in this world.
“How could the world go back to the way it was, when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer.”
#naturephotography #hiking #olympicnationalpark #sunset #fallcolors #mountains #glaciers #lotr #nature #outdoorphotography #gooutside #naturelover #happyplace
“How could the world go back to the way it was, when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer.”
#naturephotography #hiking #olympicnationalpark #sunset #fallcolors #mountains #glaciers #lotr #nature #outdoorphotography #gooutside #naturelover #happyplace
Iceland’s Glaciers are Melting. The Impact on Tourism https://www.byteseu.com/882525/ #ClimateChange #Glaciers #Iceland #tourism #WinterTourism
Earth is such an amazing place. Let's protect it.
#glaciers #alaska #climate #environment #nature #landscape #earth #photography
#glaciers #alaska #climate #environment #nature #landscape #earth #photography
Melting #glaciers caused almost 2cm of #sealevelrise this century, study reveals
Decades-long research shows world’s glaciers collectively lost 6.542tn tonnes of #ice between 2000 and 2023, causing an 18mm (0.7in) rise in global #sealevel.
Regional losses were highly variable; the Antarctic and subantarctic islands lost 2% of their volume but central Europe’s glaciers lost 39%.
36% more ice having melted between 2012 and 2023 compared with the previous decade.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/19/melting-glaciers-cause-almost-2cm-of-sea-level-rise-this-century-study-reveals
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The Guardian · Melting glaciers caused almost 2cm of sea level rise this century, study reveals
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"#China’s glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small #glaciers disappearing completely and glacial retreat intensifying in recent years, official data released in March showed.
The dramatic ice loss, from the Arctic to the Alps, from South America to the Tibetan Plateau, is expected to accelerate as #ClimateChange, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, pushes global temperatures higher."
my latest feature in #CurrentBiology issue 6: With 1.5 degrees #warming and counting, #glaciers are doomed to disappear. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-global-meltdown.html #science #ClimateCatastrophe #cryosphere #freshwater #WaterSecurity #tippingPoints #environment
proseandpassion.blogspot.coma global meltdownIn case you didn't realise, 2025 is the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and March 21 was the annual World Day for Glaciers. T...
Melting #glaciers threaten #food and #watersupply for 2 billion people
www.nationofchange.orgMelting glaciers threaten food and water supply for 2 billion people | NationofChange
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Just like oceans and rainforests, glaciers and ice sheets are teeming with life. The glacial biome is composed mainly of microorganisms, and it is visible to the human eye only during colourful algal blooms. This microscopic ecosystem contains members of all three domains of life — archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes.
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www.nature.comGlaciers are not just blocks of ice — plans to save them mustn’t overlook their hidden lifeAs glaciers begin to disappear, technological fixes to slow or halt ice melt are emerging. But regulations are urgently required before these fixes are used widely.
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my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 6: With 1.5 degrees warming and counting, #glaciers are doomed to disappear. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-global-meltdown.html #science #ClimateCatastrophe #cryosphere #freshwater #WaterSecurity #tippingPoints #environment
proseandpassion.blogspot.coma global meltdownIn case you didn't realise, 2025 is the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation and March 21 was the annual World Day for Glaciers. T...
