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Epitaph for a glacier | The Observer

Glaciers are not supposed to stop moving, but in 2014 one did. Miles Ellingham travels to Iceland to see it and meet the activist who believes its death should shock us into taking action

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Swiftcurrent 2012?

So I decided to just take a look at things for next year and Swifcurrent Motor Inn rooms seem very full July-Aug 2012. I thought I was getting a jump on thin…

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Greenland's Qaanaaq Glacier Lost An Astonishing 8.7 Meters Of Ice In The Last 13 Years - And It's Not Alone

The measurements were repeated frequently from 2012 to 2025. Other measurements, including local air temperatures, were made at hundreds of other locations across the cap. Ice loss was extreme over this period, averaging 8.7 meters (29 feet) with worse loss at lower altitudes. Worse still, the rate of ice loss accelerated during the course of the study as summers became warmer, and snowfall could not keep up. Rising temperatures were not the only reason for the extreme loss of ice at lower altitudes, with the glacier slowing down so that less ice flowed down the mountain to replace what was being lost. Similar phenomena have been observed in other places as the world heats up. Darkening by glacial microbes is also thought to have been a factor at mid altitudes. "The most difficult part of the study was continuing these measurements for 13 years. This record fills an important data gap in northwestern Greenland and provides a foundation for future glacier research in the region," Sugiyama said in a statement. During the pandemic, Greenlanders collected measurements when international researchers could not make the trip. In return, the information obtained is important for those who live nearby to understand what is...

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The devastating Nepal floods highlighted the danger of glaciers. Here's where the next disaster may occur.

The massive Nepal-Tibet flood on Aug. 26 showed just how devastating glacier-related disasters can be. As of Sept. 16, the event killed at least 1,400 people, with more than 6,000 people still missing. The Himalayas, with their steep slopes studded with rapidly melting glaciers, are high risk, but areas across much of the world carry the risk of glacier-related disasters, including one tropical region that is at particular risk, experts told Live Science. "Slope failure from glacier shrinkage is occurring everywhere," Mark Carey, a professor of environmental studies and geography and director of The Glacier Lab at the University of Oregon, told Live Science in an email. Nepal-Tibet flood The recent Nepal-Tibet disaster unfolded when a large mass of bedrock and glacial ice detached from the mountainside. The ice and rock accelerated rapidly, reaching speeds of 500 feet per second (150 meters per second) as it dropped 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) directly into the Lhende River in Tibet, according to the Stimson Center think tank in Washington, D.C. The rock, ice and water that then raced rapidly downstream eroded the riverbanks and collected debris and water along the way. Carey noted that this disaster was exacerbated by a combination of...

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Water plan calls for dam on Glacier National Park's St. Mary Lake and lower St. Mary Lake

A study released earlier this summer suggests that inflatable dams on the St. Mary and Lower St. Mary lakes could help in relieving future water use conflicts on the St. Mary and Milk River systems. St. Mary Lake is in Glacier National Park and Lower St. Mary Lake is on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The iconic lakes are currently unmolested by water control measures. The International St. Mary and Milk Rivers Study, published in July, takes a long look at both river systems and the water usage of both the U.S. and Canada as well as the impending impacts of climate change. One suggestion to keep the systems irrigating crops and providing water for communities in their drainages is to install inflatable dams that would keep the water at a height of close to or near the regular high water mark for a longer period of time. The water, in essence, would be stored for use later in the summer for crop irrigation on both sides of the border. Glacier National Park is already greatly impacted by the system, some might say scarred, by the Sherburne Dam, which holds back water from Swiftcurrent Creek flowing out of the Many Glacier...

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Tara - In GNP Until Sept.

Hi, I'll try to be better about checking in here! I'm living in EGP all summer and working in EGP and driving teams for a non-profit (Global Volunteers) to a…