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Matteo Cesari<p>Melting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> will harm us all. Yet still we watch, unmoved</p><p>The degradation of the Arctic tundra has triggered a terrible chain reaction that can only lead to greater mayhem</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/20/melting-glaciers-will-harm-us-all-yet-still-we-watch-unmoved?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/20/melting-glaciers-will-harm-us-all-yet-still-we-watch-unmoved?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>
formuchdeliberation<p>Today’s Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features the Fedchenko Glacier in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. It is one of the world’s longest glaciers outside of the polar regions...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/imageoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imageoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/InternationalSpaceStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalSpaceStation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/tajikistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tajikistan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nasaearthobservatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasaearthobservatory</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.earth.com/image/fedchenko-glacier-in-the-pamir-mountains/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">earth.com/image/fedchenko-glac</span><span class="invisible">ier-in-the-pamir-mountains/</span></a></p>
formuchdeliberation<p>In 2024, the warmest year on record in Europe according to the EU's Copernicus system, Swedish and Norwegian glaciers melted by an average of 1.8 metres...</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/glaciology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EUCopernicus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUCopernicus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalwarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GlacierMelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierMelt</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/04/16/glaciers-in-sweden-and-norway-are-melting-faster-experts-warn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/green/2025/04/16/</span><span class="invisible">glaciers-in-sweden-and-norway-are-melting-faster-experts-warn</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Glaciers in Sweden and Norway are melting faster, experts warn <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/928201/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/928201/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glaciers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GlobalWarmingAndClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarmingAndClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MeltingIce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeltingIce</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a></p>
OptimusPrimeBot<p>The decreasing extent of the Talèfre Glacier, France </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glaciers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Land</span></a> </p><p>▶️ 1 new picture from Copernicus <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_decreasing_extent_of_the_Tal%C3%A8fre_Glacier%2C_France_%28Copernicus_2025-04-16%29.png" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:The_decreasing_extent_of_the_Tal%C3%A8fre_Glacier%2C_France_%28Copernicus_2025-04-16%29.png</span></a></p>
O=C=O<p>2024 European State of the Climate (ESOTC) report</p><p>Key messages:<br>a)<br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> experienced its warmest year, with the second highest number of heat stress days and tropical nights, on record.</p><p>b)<br>The area of Europe experiencing days with temperatures below freezing is decreasing, with the year seeing the largest area on record with fewer than three months (90 days) of frost days. The number of ‘cold stress days’ was the lowest on record.</p><p>c)<br>For the European region and for the Mediterranean Sea, the annual sea surface temperature was the highest on record. It was also the warmest year on record for European lakes.</p><p>d)<br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glaciers</span></a> in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinavia</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Svalbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Svalbard</span></a> saw their highest recorded annual rates of mass loss. They also saw the largest mass loss of any <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/glacier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glacier</span></a> region globally.</p><p>e)<br>Western Europe saw one of the ten wettest years on record and Europe experienced the most widespread <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> since 2013.</p><p>f)<br>The year saw a record proportion of electricity generation by renewables, at 45%</p><p><a href="https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/20</span><span class="invisible">24</span></a></p><p>Report (PDF):<br><a href="https://climate.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/custom-uploads/ESOTC-2024/press-resources/ESOTC-2024-report.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">climate.copernicus.eu/sites/de</span><span class="invisible">fault/files/custom-uploads/ESOTC-2024/press-resources/ESOTC-2024-report.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateScience</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ExtremWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremWeather</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Copernicus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copernicus</span></a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Titanic's Legacy: Our Favorite Reads</p><p>The world&amp;<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=39" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>39</span></a>;s fastest glacier, Chartreuse jelly, and other stories connected to the doomed ocean liner.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ourfavoritereads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ourfavoritereads</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=disasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disasters</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=ships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ships</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=titanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>titanic</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Articles</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/titanic-legacy-shipwreck-icebergs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Titanic's Legacy: Our Favorite Reads</a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>New Coasts Emerging From The Retreat Of Northern Hemisphere Marine-Terminating Glaciers In The Twenty-First Century<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02282-5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-022</span><span class="invisible">82-5</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/glacial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glacial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/melting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>melting</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/retreating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retreating</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ctyosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ctyosphere</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatiotemporal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/deglaciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deglaciation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coast</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coastal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coastal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geomorphology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geomorphology</span></a> # geomorphometry <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/proglacial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proglacial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coastline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coastline</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NorthernHemisphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernHemisphere</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/paraglacial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paraglacial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sediment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sediment</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sedimentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sedimentation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dynamic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dynamic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/retreating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retreating</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/islands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>islands</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/permafrost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permafrost</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/delta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delta</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/moraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moraine</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beach</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/juvenile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juvenile</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/calving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calving</span></a></p>
OptimusPrimeBot<p>Retreating glaciers in Mexico </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glaciers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Land</span></a> </p><p>▶️ 1 new picture from Copernicus <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retreating_glaciers_in_Mexico_%28Copernicus_2025-04-08%29.png" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Retreating_glaciers_in_Mexico_%28Copernicus_2025-04-08%29.png</span></a></p>
GaiaCrisisPhil<p>Shrinking Andean glaciers threaten water supplies for 90 million people, with near-total ice loss possible by 2100 unless urgent climate action is taken</p><p><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/90-million-at-risk-scientists-warn-of-looming-andean-water-crisis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/90-million-at</span><span class="invisible">-risk-scientists-warn-of-looming-andean-water-crisis/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Andes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Andes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/waterSupply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterSupply</span></a> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/climateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/globalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalWarming</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Did the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/snowballEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snowballEarth</span></a> give complex life a boost?<br>Planet-wide <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> may have filled the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> with mineral nutrients.<br>As massive glaciers scratched and scarred <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a>’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. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/bulldozing-glaciers-may-have-spurred-evolution-in-the-ocean/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">2/bulldozing-glaciers-may-have-spurred-evolution-in-the-ocean/</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>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’ </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>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. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>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</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> </p><p>Mount Stanley holds the last glacial ice in Rwenzori, but the glaciers are fragmenting. This image was taken by Klaus Thymann in 2022 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Africa's last glaciers</p><p>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.</p><p>Photographs by Project Pressure </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uganda</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a></p>
JeffIt’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. <br> <br> “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.”<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/naturephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hiking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/olympicnationalpark?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#olympicnationalpark</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sunset?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunset</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fallcolors?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fallcolors</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mountains?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountains</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/glaciers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glaciers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lotr?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lotr</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/outdoorphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outdoorphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gooutside?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gooutside</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/naturelover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturelover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/happyplace?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#happyplace</a>
Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a></p><p>"The Venezuelan Andes have suffered an irreversible loss as the country becomes the first nation to lose all its glaciers due to accelerating climate change effects. The once majestic Humboldt Glacier, also known as Corona Glacier, has diminished to a mere snow patch, marking a critical milestone in global warming’s impact on mountain ecosystems."</p><p><a href="https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/04/02/venezuela-becomes-the-first-country-in-the-world-to-lose-all-its-glaciers-due-to-climate-change/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">farmingdale-observer.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/02/venezuela-becomes-the-first-country-in-the-world-to-lose-all-its-glaciers-due-to-climate-change/</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Iceland’s Glaciers are Melting. The Impact on Tourism <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/882525/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/882525/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glaciers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Iceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iceland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WinterTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WinterTourism</span></a></p>
NorthwyrmEarth is such an amazing place. Let's protect it.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/glaciers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glaciers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/alaska?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alaska</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/climate?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/environment?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/landscape?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscape</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/earth?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earth</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>