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Podium voor de verdwijnende gletsjers van Europa. www.glacierchange.com / Portal to European glaciers

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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Flatisen once was one of the largest outlet glaciers of Svartisen (N-Norway). Now, only a lake (though beautiful) with some ice remnants behind it remain. Glaciologist Wilfred Theakstone followed its development closely for decades. See the huge changes at glacierchange.com/en/flatisen/
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Deze weken in Jotunheimen voor een nieuwe ronde foto's en verhalen.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Bondhusbrea is a glacier in S-Norway. It once formed the dramatic backdrop of Bondhusvatnet, but the tongue is gone. Still, many people walk to the lake. Maybe to see why Niels Hertzberg drew Bondhusbrea in 1801? The oldest pictorial document of a Norwegian glacier! glacierchange.com/en/bondhusbr...
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Austerdalsisen is still the largest glacier of mainland Norway, despite ongoing retreat. Massive melting over the last 150 years caused floods, changing rivers and icebergs to disappear. See the page for the full story and all the images. glacierchange.com/en/austerdal...
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A new addition to the website, finally! And quite a long one: Tunsbergdalsbreen the longest outlet glacier of Jostedalsbreen, with ice over 600 m thick. But also the one with the highest melt rates. Read about its recession, floods and reservoir at glacierchange.com/en/tunsbergd...
Comparison phtoto of Tunsbergdalsbreen, showing ice loss between 1903 and 2025.Foot path towards the glacier margin along the proglacial lake.Meltwater stream on Tunsbergdalsbreen.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
These weeks I'm in (northern) Norway, documenting glaciers.Very grateful for the support from the NVE to make this possible. Many new stories to be published in the coming months about the fascinating glaciers over here.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Sólheimajökull is one of Iceland's best accessible glaciers. For many it's a must-see on their visit, in part feeling it could be their 'Last Chance' to see it. Though this exciting glacier won't disappear thát fast, things aren't looking good. Still, plenty to see: glacierchange.com/en/solheimaj...
Length change measurements since 1930. In total, Sólheimajökull has lost 2 km since then.View point in front of Sólheimajökull.Prehistoric moraine high above Sólheimajökull.Snout and expanding proglacial lake of Sólheimajökull.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The story on Kötlujökull (Iceland) is now improved and updated. Quite the glacier, as it covers Katla volcano and their interplay causes the world's most powerful outburst floods or Katlahlaups, which leave icebergs up to 60 m high stranded on the outwash plain. See glacierchange.com/en/kotlujoku...
normous icebergs on Mýrdalssandur after the 1918 Katlahlaup. Photographer: Kjartan Guðmundsson.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Big turnaround for glaciers in (especially) Valais. From very little snow to (much) above-average snow cover within three days. Bortelsee (2517 m), on the Swiss-Italian, even had 258 cm of fresh snow in just three days! Good news for the glaciers, now the sun is getting stronger. Image: whiterisk.ch
https://whiterisk.ch/en/conditions/snow-maps/comparative_snow_depth
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Another eruption occured yesterday in Reykjanes Peninsula, but the mother of all Icelandic volcanoes (Katla) has been quiet since 1918. However, its tephra is still melting out from Mýrdalsjökull. Resurfacing tephra reveals melt rates of Sléttjökull, see glacierchange.com/en/slettjoku...
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Today is #WorldGlacierDay. Let's work on their preservation. In the case of Fiesch Glacier, local people even pray to stop its retreat. They also use meltwater for irrigation, illustrating the close relationship between people and glaciers. See glacierchange.com/en/fieschgla.... btw: Story no. 100!
Dead ice melting below a thick cover of debris.Fiesch GlacierRetreat of Fiesch Glacier from 1908 to 2024.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
1839: among scientists, the revolutionary theory that glaciers once covered vast expanses of Europe is gaining momentum. Pioneers went into the Alps (and Findel Glacier) to substantiate their theory, but their findings didn't surprise the local guide at all. Curious? glacierchange.com/findelglacier/
Subsidiary moraine ridges to the north of Findel Glacier, accentuated by their snowy distal slope.Drawing of Findel Glacier by Agassiz (1840).
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Ever heard of Sauabreen? This nondescript glacier in SE Folgefonna (Norway) once afflicted a hamlet, as it caused outburst floods. Therefore the community decided to move in 1962. Due to glacier retreat the ice-dammed lake disappeared in 2016. Safer, but duller. glacierchange.com/en/sauabreen/
Sauabrehytta with Sauabreen in the background
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Climate change is killing Hardangerjøkulen, starting with its outlets. Two of them, Ramnabergbreen and Rembesdalskåka, have now been added to the site. Both stories are all about lakes: the former retreats out of one, the latter dams another. Check glacierchange.com/en/norway/ (bottom page).
RembesdalskåkaRembesdalskåkaRamnabergbreenRembesdalskåka
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
New orthophotos of Jostedalsbreen have just been released at norgeibilder.no, the first update of the ice cap since 2017. See for yourself how glaciers have retreated in the last 7 years. Erdalsbreen, for example, retreated out of a lake. More about that glacier at glacierchange.com/en/erdalsbre...
Orthophotos of Erdalsbreen from 2017 and 2024, showing its retreat out of a proglacial lake.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Yet another glacier added, this time Blåisen (Hardangerjøkulen). Here, scientists found radioactive lemmings and discovered an 8200 year old 'cold spell'. A lot to discover at this relativerly small glacier. glacierchange.com/en/blaisen/ (zoals altijd ook in het Nederlands) #glaciers2025
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
In Norway, no glacier is closer to a train station than Midtdalsbreen (Hardangerjøkulen). Only 5 km seperate the glacier's flutes and moraines from the railway platform. But the walk is getting longer every year and the glacier itself slows down. Meet the glacier at glacierchange.com/en/midtdalsb...
Front view of Midtdalsbreen with flutings.Snout of Midtdalsbreen.Shaded relief map of Midtdalsbreen's forefield reveals minor morains; ridges of max 1 m high and 2-3 m wide.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Today, The UN kicks off the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation. For some glaciers it's too little too late, but what about Supphellebreen? This Norwegian glaciers sparks floods due to melt, one of the focus areas of the Year of Glaciers. See glacierchange.com/en/supphelle... #Glaciers2025
Flatbrehytta overlooks FjærlandsfjordenFlatbreen, the crevassed middle part of SupphellebreenDrone view of the top of the highly crevassed ice avalanche of Supphellebreen.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Bøyabreen is a glacier in Norway that has attracted visitors since the early days of tourism, further helped by the construction of two tunnels and the Norwegian Glacier Museum in 1991. But is this melting glacier still worth a visit? See glacierchange.com/en/boyabreen/ for its 'brand new' history.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Over 2024, Iceland (Reykjavik) had the lowest average temperature since 1995. Nevertheless, new data show mass loss for all main ice caps (though less than last year). How come? A cold winter means little snow, so glaciers didn't benefit. Graph: mass balance Vatnajökull, tinyurl.com/4f93uk57
Mass loss of Vatnajøkull ice cap in Iceland. Despite a cold year, the ice cap lost mass.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Myklebustbreen ice cap just west of Jostedalsbreen is ten times smaller than the latter, but has a beautiful outlet glacier: Haugabreen. The surrounding landscape tells about the glacier's history. Read all about it at glacierchange.com/en/haugabreen/ or glacierchange.com/nl/haugabree... (NL)
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Norwegian glaciers advanced rapidly in the first half of the 18th century, wreaking havoc on local farmer communities. Brenndalsbreen was one of the most devastating glaciers. Its violent history, subsequent retreat and beautiful features can now be discovered at glacierchange.com/en/brenndals...
Photos of Brenndalsbreen in 1869 and 2024, showing its retreat into Brenndalen valley.
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Glacier Change @glacierchange.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Nieuw verhaal op glacierchange: de Kjenndalsbreen. Lees over het wel en wee van deze grotendeels verdwenen gletsjer in Noorwegen op glacierchange.com/nl/kjenndals...
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