Reposted by Miriam JacksonMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Modeling and in situ observations show that the 2025 ice losses are unprecedented in Central Asia 🧊📈 2% of total ice volume has gone in a single year! 😲 May become the new normal in the future! 🔥 See these two papers: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 23221
Reposted by Miriam JacksonClimate Analytics @climateanalytics.org · 04/03/2026We need to start including #overshoot in #adaptation planning. This way we’ll know which impacts can be avoided by high mitigation ambition – including which are reversible and which are irreversible. New blog outlines how👇: climateanalytics.org/comment/adap...climateanalytics.orgAdaptation planning must include 1.5°C overshoot scenariosAdaptation planning should include the impacts that can be avoided by high mitigation ambition – including which impacts are reversible from overshooting the 1.5°C limit and which are irreversible. Th... 085
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Happening today! codata.org/initiatives/...codata.orgWebinar Title: Glacier Adaptation and financing - CODATA, Committee on Data of the ISCDate: 3rd March 2026, Time: 9:00 am to 9:45 am CEST Moderator : Shaily Gandhi Speakers: Anil Mishra Dhiraj Pradhananga Dr. Miriam Jackson Dr. Bapon Fakhruddin As we mark 2025 as the “Year of the Glaci... 000
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Share This Article insideclimatenews.org/news/1511202...insideclimatenews.orgAs Glaciers Melt, the Earth’s Cryosphere Is on Thin Ice - Inside Climate NewsA glaciologist and climate scientist is sounding the alarm at COP30 about the rapid shrinking of glaciers all over the world, setting the stage for flooding, sea level rise and mass migration. 000
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Glaciers in the European Alps are disappearing fast and getting close to their peak rate of extinction: www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comGlaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight yearsClimate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage 010
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 22/11/2025The global mutirão decision from COP30 has just been released. And it’s ……disappointing, underwhelming, simply not enough. See the response from ICCI below. 010
Reposted by Miriam JacksonWorld Meteorological Organization @wmo-global.bsky.social · 22/11/2025🏔️ Glaciers lost 450 gigatons of water in 2024. This is enough to form a block of ice 7 km tall, 7 km wide, and 7 km deep or to fill 180 million Olympic swimming pools. Help us amplify #Glaciers2025: we need urgent climate action now. 🔗 bit.ly/4ivRNPc 12125
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025After COP30 fire and floods: AMOC shutdown" - what is happening in the Atlantic and why should you care? Our important event on AMOC was rudely interrupted by the fire at COP30 yesterday, but this is an important message so we wanted to make sure you heard it. youtube.com/watch?v=B-0e...youtube.comAfter COP30 Fire and Floods: AMOC ShutdownYouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative 010
Reposted by Miriam JacksonInternational Cryosphere Climate Initiative @iccinet.org · 19/11/2025Tomorrow at #COP30 and online @rahmstorf.bsky.social will present latest AMOC science & potential impacts of shutdown The event will be chaired by Minister Johannsson of Iceland and will include perspectives from representatives of Ireland, UK, Canada, and Finland iccinet.org/cop30-cryosp... 🧪🌊 11310
Reposted by Miriam JacksonInternational Cryosphere Climate Initiative @iccinet.org · 18/11/2025Week 2 of the #COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion is underway! Key themes include thresholds and tipping points (Monday), adaptation in alpine glacier regions (Tuesday), ice sheets and sea-level rise (Wednesday), sea ice (Thursday), and pathways to 1.5°C (Friday). Full schedule iccinet.org/cop30-cryosp... 031
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Climate change isn’t just an annoyance but a matter of life and death for some people. See this report from one of the most amazing parts of the world that I have been to, also with quotes and information from the amazing Tashi Lhazom. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comThis Nepal village has survived for 1,000 years. Now recurring floods threaten its futureTil, the remotest of three villages in the Limi valley on the Tibetan border, was already wrestling with a dwindling population but a series of natural disasters has led many to consider where their f... 000
Reposted by Miriam JacksonEarth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 17/11/2025Cryosphere science shows irreversible ice loss is underway, but can be slowed with emission cuts. At a #COP30 side event, scientists warned negotiators often soften evidence, urging choices guided by science Highlights ➡️ enb.iisd.org/1-5-C-perils... #cryosphere #glaciers #climate 143
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 15/11/2025wmo.int/site/wmo-cop... Are you at COP30? WMO - cryosphere event today at 11:45. Online participation also possible.wmo.intThe Cryosphere as a Driver of Global ChangeView Event Livestream 000
Reposted by Miriam JacksonDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 14/11/2025“We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice” -striking message from @iccinet.bsky.social report Ice melt leads to the most profound long-term impact of the #climatecrisis - sea level rise #climatecrisis Post by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continuesAs the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre 12720
Reposted by Miriam JacksonClimate Analytics @climateanalytics.org · 14/11/2025Tomorrow at #COP30, join us at the Evidence 4 Action pavilion for Rescuing 1.5°C, presenting the latest science and introducing the Highest Ambition Pathway, one which minimises overshoot and gets temperatures well below 1.5ºC before 2100. Speakers: Piers Forster, @neilgrant.bsky.social, Anne Olhoff 142
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Are you at COP30? Important side event happening today at 15:00 in side event room 9. Come and join us! @iccinet.bsky.social #cryosphere #ClimateAction #COP30 130
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Great article in the Guardian today on the Launch of our State of the Cryosphere 2025 report at COP30 yesterday. tinyurl.com/guardian-cry... - see report from Damian Carrington. You can download the cryosphere report itself from here: iccinet.org/statecryo25/tinyurl.comCop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continuesAs the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre 000
Reposted by Miriam JacksonMountain Research Initiative @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social · 14/11/2025🌄 Attending #COP30 in #Belém? Don't miss this key discussion on how communities in #OurChangingMountains are building #resilience 💪, creating #watersecurity 💧, & shaping global #adaptation policy 🌎. 🗓️ 15 Nov 2025 ⏰ 10:00–10:45 (UTC -03:00) 📍 COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion & Online 🔗 bit.ly/4hWnCSI 021
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Happening in one hour! Join us at the cryosphere pavilion at COP30. 000
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025The 2025 State of the Cryosphere Report will be launched in the cryosphere/Chile pavilion today at COP30 at 18:30. Come and join us! iccinet.org/cop30-cryosp... @iccinet.bsky.socialiccinet.orgCOP30 Cryosphere Pavilion Schedule – ICCI – International Cryosphere Climate Initiative 000
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Are you at COP30? Event on tropical glaciers in the cryosphere pavilion today at 10:00 - 10:45. iccinet.org/cop30-cryosp...iccinet.orgCOP30 Cryosphere Pavilion Schedule – ICCI – International Cryosphere Climate Initiative 011
Reposted by Miriam JacksonInternational Cryosphere Climate Initiative @iccinet.org · 12/11/2025This morning’s session at the #COP30 Cryosphere Pavilion discussed the impacts of black carbon in the Arctic. Updated emissions data and improved atmospheric modeling highlight why rapid reductions in black carbon remain essential for effective Arctic and global climate policy. Full schedule below! 241
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Very clear overview of GGA and how to track progress. 000
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Goodbye Manaus. On a slow boat on the way to Belem. See you at #COP30. 010
Reposted by Miriam JacksonEd King @ed-king.bsky.social · 05/11/2025#COP30 - the definitive piece to read pre Belemsumauma.comRecentering the world, Amazonizing COP - SUMAÚMASince last Sunday, November 2, SUMAÚMA has been sailing toward Belém with nearly 100 people - Indigenous, Quilombola, and Ribeirinha leaders, scientists, journalists, and artists. We are on our way to cover the first-ever climate summit in the Amazon, grounded in the knowledge and values of the Forest and its peoples 042
Reposted by Miriam JacksonWilliam Colgan @glacierbytes.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Yes! Time to get excited for #COP30 in Brazil! Let’s up the focus and ambition on melting ice! 👊🌏 ambitionmeltingice.orgambitionmeltingice.orgHome - Ambition on Melting Ice: On Sea-level Rise and Mountain Water ResourcesThe Ambition on Melting Ice (AMI) high-level group on Sea- level Rise and Mountain Water Resources was founded by 20 government ministers on November 16, 2022 at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. AMI a... 086
Reposted by Miriam JacksonKTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Update, 6:00 a.m. Wednesday: The water level on Mendenhall River currently stands above 16 feet -- a new record for glacial outburst flood height. The river reached major flood stage around 1 a.m. and is still forecast to peak between 8 a.m. and noon. What are you seeing where you are?ktoo.orgLive updates as Juneau's glacial outburst flood now expected to crest Wednesday morningThe National Weather Service has issued a flood warning and forecast of more than 16 feet for Mendenhall River. That record peak is expected Wednesday morning. 01711
Reposted by Miriam JacksonCarlos Moffat @carlosmoffat.com · 25/07/2025🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share: We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October. If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n) 8317227
Reposted by Miriam JacksonMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Toward a June record for iso 0°C this week end in the Alps! 🥵📈 Current record is 4912 m (18 juin 2017) and modeling show it could reach 5200 m on Sat. 28th at 5:00 am! 😱 Speechless... These values will put the whole of the Alps in ice abalation zone! 🔥 www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/portrait/met...meteosuisse.admin.chVers une chaleur record en altitude ? - MétéoSuisse 26237
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 31/05/2025#Glaciers2025 is drawing to a close. The last thematic sessions have just started, including this one on Climate Finance and Investment for Glacier Preservation and Adaptation. After that it’s the closing session and the end of a whirlwind but amazing three days. 030
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Are you in Dushanbe for #Glaciers2025 #ICGP2025 Please join us this afternoon at 14:00 for: THEMATIC SESSION 2: From Glaciers to Sea: Glaciers, Snowpack and Water Availability in a Changing Climate in the Press Conference hall on the 2nd floor. @iccinet.bsky.social #NVE 021
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025It’s all happening in Dushanbe at #Glaciers2025. Excellent quote in the plenary this morning: “"Glaciers preservation is not just the problem of countries with glaciers, it is a global crisis and requires a global response". Glacier festival last night was amazing, too. 010
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025The importance of just one degree on glacier preservation - by holding temperature increase to +1.5°C, more than twice as much glacier mass remains compared with an increase of 2.7°C. “Our findings stress the need for stringent mitigation policies to ensure the long-term preservation of glaciers”. 031
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Collapse of brand new dam in khost province, Afghanistan. 000
Reposted by Miriam JacksonCaroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Shocking scenes following the disintegration and collapse of the Birch Glacier. A stark example of the evolving nature of cryospheric hazards under rapid warming and deglaciation in mountain regions. Monitoring and early evacuation prevented a bigger human impact here. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comSwiss glacier collapse buries most of village of BlattenMany homes in Blatten have been flattened after a large chunk of the Birch glacier fell on to the village. 03719
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Fieldwork last week on Langfjordjøkulen, a rapidly shrinking glacier in northern Norway, was a good warmup for the #DushanbeGlaciersConference this week here in Tajikistan. #Glaxiers2025 130
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 17/05/2025www.linkedin.com/posts/tashi-...linkedin.com#climatejustice #sagarmathasambaad2025 #cryospherecrisis #indigenousvoices… | Tashi LhazomFirst one to get hit with climate crises and and the last one to receive help : the plight of Limi valley On the night of May 15, 2025, at exactly 10 p.m., the village of Til in Limi Valley—the land... 010
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025A tribute to a dying glacier, that has trained may budding glacier scientists, especially from Hindu Kush Himalaya countries. And an excellent article in FT about why this is important. It's not just this one glacier that has almost disappeared but many tens of thousands more in the HKH. 040
Reposted by Miriam JacksonICIMOD @icimod.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Record low Himalayan snow for the third year running jeopardizes water security for nearly 2 billion people across 12 major river basins. Learn more about this critical situation: www.icimod.org/press-releas... Full report: doi.org/10.53055/ICI... 01111
Reposted by Miriam JacksonVictor Shi @victorshi.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen. 203105934048
Reposted by Miriam JacksonMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Mer de Glace 1969 | 2024 We are a world away from the 20th century climate, already in uncharted territories, and that's just the beginning! 😱 Losing glaciers through sole human emission should make us take action 🛑 But we are apathetic... 📷 @glacionaut / IG 210743
Reposted by Miriam JacksonelDiario.es @eldiario.es · 06/04/2025‘Casar’ glaciares para que tengan ‘hijos’: el Himalaya recupera una tradición ancestral para combatir la crisis climáticaeldiario.es‘Casar’ glaciares para que tengan ‘hijos’: el Himalaya recupera una tradición ancestral para combatir la crisis climáticaEn las montañas del norte de Pakistán, el deshielo por el calentamiento global obliga a buscar todo tipo de soluciones, incluido el 'matrimonio' entre glaciares 'machos' y 'hembras', una antigua técni... 37623
Reposted by Miriam JacksonMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Properly mind-blowing event yesterday east of Annapurna II (NE face visible here, 7,937 m, Nepal)! 😱 Probably triggered by ice (+rock?) avalanche at high elev., given the reach and the absence of snow at the moment 🧊 The extent of the aerosol is... HUGE! ❄️🌪️ Source www.tiktok.com/@lakpasherpi... 914269
Reposted by Miriam JacksonMountain Research Initiative @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social · 01/04/2025❄️"The sooner we act to stabilize the #climate system, the more glacier ice will survive this century." 💭 After speaking at @un.org #WorldGlaciersDay celebrations, our SLC Member Shawn Marshall reflects on the urgent need to save #VanishingGlaciers. 🔗 mountainresearchinitiative.org/blog/hope-in...mountainresearchinitiative.orgHope in the Ice: The Urgent Fight to Preserve Glaciers Before They VanishGlaciers are in the spotlight in 2025, through the UN International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP) and the inaugural World Day of Glaciers on March 21. The latter event was celebrated with high... 031
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Three generations of cryosphere leads at @icimod.bsky.social celebrating the first World Glaciers Day #GlacierDay2025 020
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Celebrating glaciers at the world’s first #glacierday2025. And talking about the need to preserve them. The Tajikistan minister of education and science has just given his opening remarks. 000
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025I’m delighted to be in Paris for the Brainstorming session on the Decade of Action for Cryosphere Sciences and participating in two panels - on “socioeconomic impacts, vulnerability and adaptation” and on “policy, advocacy and campaigns”. Tomorrow is the first #WorldGlaciersDay #Glaciers2025 010
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Looking forward to this panel and discussion on Friday at #WorldDayOfGlaciers. 010
Miriam Jackson @drmiriamjackson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Great skiing near #Lygna at the weekend but shockingly little snow for the time of year. 020
Reposted by Miriam JacksonICIMOD @icimod.bsky.social · 24/02/2025📢 Recirculation: Consultant Roster ICIMOD's building its consultant roster for 2024-2026. Lend your expertise in climate change, disaster risk reduction & more. Candidates who applied in 2024 do not need to reapply. Details: www.icimod.org/get-involved... #ICIMODJobs #Consultant #JoinOurTeam 011