70 years ago in 1953, The US #Atomic#Energy Commission published Energy in the Future where they argued that burning #fossil#fuel releases CO₂, which affects #climate & #sea#level.
They pointed out that temperature had been increasing, #glaciers were retreating, and sea level was rising, and speculated that it was due to rising atmospheric CO₂ from land use change and fossil fuel burning!
Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks – destabilizing its internal structure
"A moulin is forming right in front of me on the Greenland ice sheet. Only this really shouldn’t be happening here – current scientific understanding doesn’t accommodate this reality.
This is my new #introduction. I have been exploring Mastodon since late 2022. Just migrated here from ThePettingZoo as it is closing down and over there I was previously know as Alaskan49. My politics lean "liberal", probably less flame than some, but I strongly believe in #equality and there is plenty of work we can all do to help on that.
I am a mature gay man who believes in democracy and working towards a more verdant world for all. I married my husband in 2008, but we have been together over 40 years. I live on sacred lands of the Auke Kwaan and Taku Kwaan of the Tlingit peoples in present-day #Alaska.
I am not a big social media person, but so far Mastodon has been more fun than most I have tried.
‘Dramatic’ acceleration: Switzerland has lost 10% of its glaciers in the last two years.
Glaciers across the entire country were affected, with those in southern and eastern Switzerland melting almost as much this year as in the record year 2022.
The biggest decline since measurements began was seen in 2022, followed by the second biggest this year, the Swiss Academy of Sciences and Glacier Monitoring Switzerland announced today.
I first met Geir Moholdt in Svalbard in 2005 when we were both PhD students at #UNIS. Now we're both at this high level meeting for the #WMO#PHORS panel, still talking about glaciers. #SatPic behind his title slide shows #Svalbard#glaciers in summer, not much snow left, a terrible sign for a glacier, confirmed by red blobs that show thinning rates since the 1930s. Since 2011 the glaciers of Svalbard on average have lost half a metre per year! #StillItMelts
"Scientists have tracked the fate of the Peyto Glacier in the Rocky Mountains for decades as a global reference point. It’s disappearing faster than expected — a warning sign for communities downstream."
The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought.
Switzerland is expected to approve a new climate bill on Sunday, aimed at steering the country towards carbon neutrality by 2050, as glaciers melt rapidly.
The referendum is over a proposed law that would commit to slashing dependence on imported oil and gas, and to scaling up the development and use of greener alternatives.
The bill has strong public backing, though it has seen support slip to 63% in favour.
#introduction - I'm Anya Reading - good to meet/connect!
Working on Antarctica (tectonics, ice sheet change, int. with ocean and atmosphere, inter disc. links). Focus on ground-based geophysics (esp. seismology) and compute. Professor of Geophysics at #UTAS#physics#comp_antarctic group, enabling/advocate for research, learning, #diversity in #stem.
With the 4th day of 12%+ area melting in #Greenland but still no net ice loss, it's probably time to re-up this very old post on the @polarportal on the difference between #melt + ablation or #SMB over #glaciers + #IceSheets
"Venezuela is the first country in modern history to lose all of its glaciers after climate scientists declared its remaining glacier little more than an ice field."
"Glaciers accumulate significant amounts of fallout radionuclides from nuclear accidents and weapons testing – sometimes in the highest radioactive concentrations ever found outside of nuclear exclusion zones and test sites."
New website that will capture high resolution pictures of Piz Palü and Pers-Gletscher in Switzerland every 30 seconds for the next 10 years. Goal is to raise further awareness of consequences of global warming. The pictures are also used by glaciologists to use in their studies.
Scientists are beginning to better understand the consequences of melting glaciers on humans, species of all kinds and the ecosystem in which they live....
Quote: "By 2100, if current #emissions trajectories hold, the critical #glaciers that provide #fresh#water for 2 billion people in #Asia could irreversibly lose 80% of their ice..."
#ClimateChange has massive #human dimensions that are hard to wrap one's head around.
An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem...Poleward winds, which previously made few inroads into the atmosphere above Antarctica, are now carrying more and more warm, moist air from lower latitudes – including Australia – deep into the...
Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought.
Disappearing glaciers will give way to emerging, 'novel' ecosystems, new research finds (abcnews.go.com)
Scientists are beginning to better understand the consequences of melting glaciers on humans, species of all kinds and the ecosystem in which they live....
‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe (www.theguardian.com)
An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem...Poleward winds, which previously made few inroads into the atmosphere above Antarctica, are now carrying more and more warm, moist air from lower latitudes – including Australia – deep into the...