Glaciers on the Climate Dashboard

mmooreds about 2 hours ago 4 commentsRead Article on climate.metoffice.cloud

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sys32768•about 1 hour ago

George Bird Grinnell, the "Father of Glacier National Park", made a final visit to his namesake Grinnell glacier in 1926 and then wrote in his diary [1]:

>"the glacier is melting very fast and the amount of water coming from it is great. All these glaciers are receding rapidly and after a time will disappear."

[1] = https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/repeat-photos-of-grinnell-g...

nehal3m•about 1 hour ago

The graph for cumulative glacier mass balance is quite sobering. The loss seems to be accelerating as well. This stuff is so depressing.

distortionfield•5 minutes ago

I’ll never forgive the US for pulling out of the Paris accords after we had gotten China to come to the table. That was our moment to get a real grip on this problem and we blew it. It’ll never come back, I’m convinced.

koops•about 2 hours ago

They should mention thermal expansion, which is also a major driver of sea-level rise.