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Austrian Glaciers Expected to Melt Within 50 Years

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In a recent report by the Austrian Alpine Club, it was determined that glaciers across the Alps are melting at twice the global average. The report also noted that of the 93 glaciers measured and observed in Austria, all but one shrank in 2022-2023. Not only did nearly all the glaciers shrink, but it was the third-highest figure of shrinkage in […]

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Luke Guilford | April 11, 2024
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NASA: Widespread Melting on Humboldt Glacier, Greenland | 2nd Largest Cumulative Melt Area on Record

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Every year, from around May to early September, melting takes place atop the vast sheet of ice covering Greenland. Toward the end of August 2023, unseasonably warm weather led to several days of widespread melting. The unusual late-season event peaked island-wide on August 22, when melting spanned nearly 730,000 square kilometers (282,000 square miles), or about 45 percent of the […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | September 18, 2023
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NASA: Summer Breakout in Northeast Greenland Leads to Rapid Disintegration of Sea Ice

Summer can be cruel to the planet’s remaining ice. Over just days in July 2023, seasonal warmth led to the rapid disintegration of sea ice near the junction of two large outlet glaciers in northeast Greenland. Related: Remains of German Hiker Missing Since 1986 Revealed on the Matterhorn by Melting Glaciers The two glaciers—Storstrømmen and L. Bistrup Bræ—are visible in […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | August 8, 2023
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NASA: Swiss Glaciers Melted More in 2022 Than Any Other Year on Record

In 2022, glaciers in the Swiss Alps melted more than any other year on record. It was the latest downturn for the country’s glaciers, which have lost more than half of their volume of ice since the 1930s. This pair of natural-color images show the changes to a glaciated area in western Switzerland in just over two decades. The top […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 28, 2022
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Study Shows Refreezing the Poles is Highly Practical and Could Reverse Global Warming

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The north and south poles are critical to the planet’s climate. The mass amount of ice in both regions acts as the earth’s refrigerators to cool it. It is no secret that the ice is diminishing and threatening our planet. Some experts estimate that the Arctic is warming up to four times faster than the rest of the planet. This […]

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Avatar photo Brent Thomas | September 18, 2022
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Two Pictures 104 Years Apart Show Disturbing Glacial Melt in Norway

Global warming is taking its toll on the world’s glaciers. This could not be more drastically represented than by this side-by-side picture comparison. The original picture was taken in 1918. It shows such massive glaciers that you could barely see the impressive mountains behind them. In the second picture, it is the mountains that look massive. These photos show the […]

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Avatar photo Brent Thomas | June 30, 2022
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VIDEO Brain Post: How Glaciers Melt

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | September 13, 2021
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Greenland’s Ice Sheet May Have Reached a Tipping Point That Sets It On an Irreversible Path

Greenland’s ice sheet may have reached a tipping point that sets it on an irreversible path. Nearly 40 years of Greenland satellite data showed that its glaciers have shrunk so much that even if global warming stopped today, the ice sheet would continue to shrink. Related: Study Finds Climate Change Has Stopped 6,500 Years of Global Cooling According to the […]

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Sebastian Opazo | August 21, 2020
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Alaska Glacier Melt Could Trigger Catastrophic Tsunami

The melting of an Alaska glacier could trigger a catastrophic tsunami within the next year. Alaska’s Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) has warned of the threat of a large and potentially dangerous tsunami. The dangerous event is looming on the Prince William Sound and could release millions of tons of rock into the Harriman Fjord. Warming temperatures have […]

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Sebastian Opazo | July 30, 2020
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Everything is Connected: Glaciers In New Zealand Contaminated With Australian Bushfire’s Ashes

Last Wednesday, the first of January 2020, people in the South Island of New Zealand woke up to what has been described as an “orange haze and red sun”, caused by the drifting smoke coming from the bushfires in Australia. The wildfires have been burning for more than 2 months, more specifically in the states of New South Wales and […]

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Micho | January 3, 2020
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Greenland’s Ice Sheet Just Lost 11-Billion Tons of Surface Ice to Summer Melt in ONE DAY

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Greenland’s ice sheet experienced its biggest melt of the summer on Thursday, losing 11 billion tons of surface ice to the ocean. That’s 4.4 million Olympic swimming pools worth if you’re having trouble getting your head around it. Related: Warming Temperatures Are Causing Greenland’s Ice to Melt at Unprecedented Rates, Raising Sea Levels Of course, Greenland’s ice sheet usually melts during […]

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WeatherBrains | August 5, 2019
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Scientists Propose Dumping 7.4-TRILLION Tons of Snow on Antarctica to Prevent Ice Sheets Melting

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A group of scientists are proposing a radical project to dump 7.4-trillion tons of snow on Antarctica to prevent its ice sheets from melting and causing a huge rise in global sea levels. Related: Expedition to Antarctica Hopes to Prove Once and For All That the Earth is Flat Recent studies have shown warmer ocean water is being pushed toward […]

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WeatherBrains | July 18, 2019
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Antarctic Ice Melting 3X Faster Than Ten Years Ago

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Image: Huffington Post The ice sheets of Antarctica are home to 60-90% of the world’s freshwater. According to a new study published in the journal Nature, the Antarctic ice sheets are shrinking faster than ever before. In fact, the study states that sea ice loss is occurring at triple the rate from 2007. The continent lost 3 million tons of […]

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Jenah MacGrain | June 15, 2018
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“Greenland Is Melting Away” | by The New York Times

We stumbled upon this great interactive piece by the New York Times yesterday and were very impressed.  The multimedia article delves deep into the melting of the Greenland icecap and what scientists are discovering there while using new research techniques. The piece is visually stunning, inciteful, and impactful.  “No one has ever collected a data set like this,” Asa Rennermalm, […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 29, 2015
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NASA: Pollution, Not Rising Temperatures, May Have Melted Alpine Glaciers

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently finished a study that shows that Europe’s glaciers may have begun their rapid melting in the 1860s due to soot from the industrial revolution.  It’s thought by NASA that this soot absorbed sunlight and greatly accelerated the melting of Europe’s glacier system. “If you look back through the 1600s and 1700s, the glaciers were big […]

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