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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s Spring in Antarctica After months of darkness, the South Pole is entering a new, sunny season. Around the September equinox, daylight returns rapidly across Antarctica.

A penguin jumping into the ice cold antarctic ocean. Photo by Birger Strahl / Unsplash

The Southern Ocean in spring. Photo by Hector John Periquin / Unsplash

Orca whales peeking through a narrow strip of water between floats of sea ice. Photo by Bryan Goff / Unsplash

A scientific station in Antarctica. Photo by NOAA / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Cost of Losing a Glacier How our melting cryosphere trickles down, economically. The water bill Glaciers are natural water reservoirs. They store precipitation as ice and release meltwater into rivers, especially during warm, dry periods when water is needed most.

A string of glued-together dollar notes cascading down onto a surface. Photo by Igor Omilaev / Unsplash

White snow on a blue body of water. Photo by NOAA / Unsplash

A brown squirrel standing on a rock in a blossoming alpine landscape. Photo by Jehyun Sung / Unsplash

A woman standing on a bridge looking onto a river bed in Switzerland. Photo by Bryan Dijkhuizen / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Europe is drying up What do glaciers have to do with that? Europe is in the grip of a severe drought. Rivers including the Rhine, Po, Loire and Danube are at exceptionally low levels, while farmers are facing crop losses and wildfires are spreading across dry landscapes.

A barge stranded on an imaginary, dry, barren riverbed, illustrating the extreme drought and low river levels. Photo Composition with photos from Oleksandr Sushko, Marija Zaric, Grigorii Sukhorukov / Unsplash

A burning forest and a dried out Rhine. Photo by Landon Parenteau / Unsplash and Rolf Kranz / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA 4.0

A Norwegian Mountain glacier and a closeup of a glacier-fed river. Photo by Theo Eilertsen Photography and Aleksei Zaitcev / Unsplash

An ice formation on a glacier in the Chamonix region, France. Photo by Marsumilae / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Who gets to sail through a melting arctic? The Northwest Passage is becoming easier to navigate. But who will actually be able to use it? For centuries, sea ice made the Northwest Passage extraordinarily difficult to navigate. Today, summer sea ice is declining and the navigable season is changing.

A cargo ship traveling the Northwest Passage. Photo by Esteban Chinchilla / Unsplash

Floating sea ice in an arctic harbor. Above it a painting of conflict between English Explorers and the native Inuit. Photo by Peter Burdon / Unsplash and British Museum

Inuksuk stacked on a hill overlooking a Bay in Nunavut. Below it a photo of an Inupiat woman. Photo by Isaac Demeester / Unsplash and Nowadluk Ootenna / Lomen Bros.

A Cargo ship navigating icy waters. Above it, a photo of a polar bear with one paw up. Photo by NOAA and Hans-Jurgen Mager / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Glacier Myths - busted! Think you know glaciers? Think again!

Skaftafell Glacier in Iceland. Photo by Marta Ceffa / Unsplash

A stark, eerie polar landscape. Photo by Tilak Baloni / Unsplash

Aerial view of snow patterns in Antarctica. Photo by Matt Palmer / Unsplash

A birds eye view of an Alaskan ice field. Photo by NOAA / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Tiny Worlds on Ice Cryoconite - Dark Spots That Bring Glaciers to Life Have you ever noticed tiny dark specks scattered across a glacier? They're called cryoconite ("cold dust"), but they're much more than just dirt.

A cryoconite hole on top of Taylor Glacier. Photo by Peter Rejcek, NSF

A crevasse created by water drilling a hole tens of meters deep into the glacier ice. Photo by Ville Miettinen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA 2.0

Measuring the size of a cryoconites on Longyearbreen glacier. Photo by Kertu Liis Krigul / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA 4.0

Aldegonda glacier, Svalbard archipelago, a group of soil scientists on their way to the the next study site. Photo by IvanAlekseev95* / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA 4.0

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Wet Bulb Temperature: When Sweat Stops Working The most dangerous temperature isn't always the hottest one What is a wet-bulb temperature? It's a measure that combines heat and humidity. Normally your body cools itself by evaporating sweat.

A closeup of a person’s face as they are profusely sweating. Photo by Nathan Dumlao / Unsplash

A glass terrarium on a side table, its walls percolating from humidity. Photo by Cindy Bartillon / Unsplash

A group of people of all ages sit underneath the canopy of a cafe with water mist being sprayed to cool them down. Photo by János Venczák / Unsplash

A glacier with pristine white snow. Photo by Ming Chen / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Hot Glacier Summer What happens when the melt season begins? Summer means holidays, hiking, and long days. But for glaciers, it marks the start of their most challenging season.

A view of a glaciated mountain range with flowers in the foreground. Photo by Vsevolod / Unsplash

Dark spots on the glacier tongue of Solheimajokull, Iceland. Photo by Shino Nakamura / Unsplash

Knik glacier in Alaska in July with a meltwater pool. Photo by Stephen Crane / Unsplash

A vast glacier flows down a rocky mountain slope. Photo by Jack White / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The Super El Niño is Coming! The Pacific Is Heating Up. Glaciers Will Pay the Price. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that occurs when sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm.

A boat approaching an iceberg in the sea, surrounded by a heat glow. Photo by René Molenkamp / Unsplash

A dramatic tropical storm is brewing above palm trees. Photo by Saiph Muhammad / Unsplash

A large iceberg floating in front of a rugged, dry, Patagonian landscape. Photo by Yuliia Sereda / Unsplash

A glacier is calving blue ice into the sea, with a snow-covered peak looming above. Photo by Adriana Lorena Benavides Estrada / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Glaciers create their own weather Tiny cold worlds exist around glaciers. Many disappear when the ice disappears. Glaciers can cool the air around them: Cold dense air flows downhill from glaciers, lowering temperatures in nearby valleys and alpine landscapes.

A glaciated mountain peak with thick cumulonimbus clouds towering above. Photo by Sean Martin / Unsplash

Clouds and fog form on the foot of a mountain in Iceland, with a glacier tongue protruding into the lush green landscape. Photo by Harshil Gudka / Unsplash

Purple Lupins grow in the vicinity of a vast glacial landscape. Photo by Julian Berengar Sölter / Unsplash

Alpine wildflowers bloom on the side of a mountain in rough terrain. In the background, a glacier is visible. Photo by Ivy Tang / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Less Glaciers, less Groceries Why glaciers are a hidden ingredient - and farms are increasingly missing it We often think of glaciers as distant, frozen landscapes. But their meltwater feeds some of the world’s most important agricultural regions.

A cow on a meadow in the alps, with a prominent mountain in the background. Photo by Daan Verhoost / Unsplash.

The image is made up of two parts: The upper one shows a person standing in high water, in a field with flooded crops. The lower one shows a single plant breaking through the cracks of a drought-ridden landscape. Photos by Constant Loubier and Clark Wilson / Unsplash.

In the Canadian Rockies, a glacier tongue releases water into a glacial lake below. Photo by Andrew Darlington / Unsplash.

A person farming swiss chard from a raised bed. Photo by Jonathan Kemper / Unsplash.

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

It’s not too late… To join us! Most people care about glaciers. Some people follow. A few people step in.

A sad melting snowman in a snowy landscape. The text reads “It’s not too late”. Photo by Xie lipton / Unsplash.

A group of volunteers at a Glacierwatch booth at a climate strike. Photo by Glacierwatch.

A person is overlooking a beautiful mountain view with a prominent glacier. Photo by Christopher Politano / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Peak Greed Argentina dismantled its landmark glacier protection laws. The consequences could be irreversible. On April 9, 2026, after nearly 12 hours of debate, Argentina's Chamber of Deputies voted 137–111 to reform the landmark National Glacier Protection Law.

Patagonian landscape with characteristic peaks and mountain glaciers. Photo by Emilio Borraz Ortega / Unsplash

The interior of the Chamber of Deputies in Buenos Aires. Photo by Hitos / Wikimedia Commons

The glacier at El Chalten, Argentinian Andes. Photo by Florencia Lewis / Unsplash

Closeup of El Calafete glacier in Argentina. Photo by Caio Portela / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Geoengineering won't save our glaciers. Here's why. As the cryosphere continues to deteriorate a growing chorus of voices is turning to geoengineering as a solution.

A satellite orbiting earth. Photo by NASA / Unsplash

A drone hovering above an alpine landscape. Photo by Iewek Gnos / Unsplash

A massive iceberg calving out of an antarctic ice sheet. Photo by Jay Ruzesky / Unsplash

A barren industrial landscape with sporting exhaust pipes with billowing smoke. Photo by Gabriela / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Witnessing the Melt: Art as Climate Testimony Meet our Panelists: Sarah Bachinger @sebachinger.bsky.social is a photographer and visual artist whose work explores the fragile beauty of alpine and polar landscapes.

A blue-and-white texture, painted on canvas. On the foreground in a rounded hexagon, a portrait photo of Sarah Bachinger. Portrait photo supplied by the artist.

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Witnessing the Melt: Art as Climate Testimony Meet our Panelists: Katy Didden @kedidden.bsky.social is a poet whose work explores the deep timescales and powerful forces shaping our planet.

A blue-and-white texture, painted on canvas. On the foreground in a rounded hexagon, a portrait photo of Katy Didden. Portrait photo supplied by the artist.

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Witnessing the Melt: Art as Climate Testimony Meet our Panelists: Néfur Néfur is a vocalist, composer, and performance artist whose work brings the cryosphere into the realm of sound.

A blue-and-white texture, painted on canvas. On the foreground in a rounded hexagon, a portrait photo of Néfur. Portrait photo supplied by the artist.

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

In Focus: Slovenia A collaboration between CIPRA Slovenija and Glacierwatch Slovenia might seem small on a map, but it carries the essence of Alpine wildness in its dramatic peaks, emerald valleys, and glacial landscapes.

A beautiful aerial view of Lake Bled. Photo by Neven Krcmarek / Unsplash

Triglav in the Julian Alps. Photo by Sébastien Goldberg / Unsplash

An aerial view of the remaining glaciers in Slovenia. Photo by Klemen Tusar / Unsplash

A view of Bohinj lakes with the Alps in the background. Photo by Lea Kobal / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

#WitnessingtheMelt: Art as Climate Testimony Glaciers are melting. We know the numbers. But what does that loss sound like? What does it look like? What does it feel like?

A blue-and-white texture, painted on canvas, reminiscent of the deep blue veins of a glacier cave, or a deep sea underneath sea ice. Original artwork by fr0ggy5 / Unsplash, edited by Glacierwatch

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The Last Ice of the Pyrenees Europe’s southernmost glaciers reside between France, Andorra and Spain In the mid-19th century, the Pyrenees held about 52 glaciers; today, fewer than ~15 active glaciers remain, and many others are now ice patches, not moving glaciers.

The snowy peaks of the French Pyrenees. Photo by Mathieu Odin / Unsplash

The peak of Aneto with its prominent glacier. Photo by Pablosievert / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA 4.0

A beautiful refuge in the autumnal environment of the Spanish Pyrenees. Photo by Ben Wicks / Unsplash

A spring river bursting down a mountain in the Spanish Pyrenees. Photo by Pedro Sanz / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Women and girls are shaping cryosphere science. From measuring glacier mass balance in the Alps to drilling ice cores in Antarctica, from modelling future sea-level rise to protecting polar ecosystems: Women scientists are advancing our understanding of ice, climate, and a rapidly changing planet.

A woman on a mountain peak looking onto a glacier. Photo by Patrick Untersee / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

World Wetlands Day - February 2nd 2026 Wetlands are shaped by the cryosphere, even after the ice is gone. Glaciers don’t just vanish when they melt. Their water becomes wetlands: Slow, living systems that store carbon, reduce floods, and shelter biodiversity.

Salt marshes under and overcast sky. Photo by Jordan Graff / Unsplash

Arctic tundra with melt pools. Photo by Dmitry Grachyov / Unsplash

A lone tree in a flooded landscape in Snowdonia, UK. Photo by Jack B / Unsplash

An aerial view onto Saskatchewan Wetlands, Canada. Photo by Landon Parenteau / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Greenland - Kalaallit Nunaat Why its people, ice and water matter to us and our future Greenland is often reduced to “the big ice sheet”, but it is far more than that. It is a living landscape where ice, ocean, people, and climate are deeply intertwined.

Approaching Kapisillit settlement by water. Photo by Conny Kawohl (Glacierwatch)

A Greenland inuit man smiling. Photo by Arian Zwegers / Wikimedia Commons

View towards the ice sheet close to the airport in Kangerlussuaq. Photo by Conny Kawohl (Glacierwatch)

An iceberg in Nuuk harbor. Photo by Conny Kawohl (Glacierwatch)

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

🌱 Succession Plants reclaim land where glaciers retreat When a glacier retreats, it doesn’t just leave, it reveals. Beneath the ice lies raw mineral ground, once sculpted by centuries of ice movement.

Plants blossoming on the side of a mountain. Photo by Manuel Weber / Unsplash

Moss on rock in an alpine landscape. Photo by Job Vermeulen / Unsplash

A glacier sits atop a mountain, with green shrubs and mossy landscapes underneath. Photo by Milosz Roman / Unsplash

A glacier side meets bare rock. Photo by Ricky Beron / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Thank you! Happy Holidays & all the best for 2026 2025 has been an amazing year filled with many firsts. Our founding event gave us the chance to turn Glacierwatch into a viable non-profit organization, fueled by the enthusiasm & energy of our members & all the support we received through the year.

A view onto a snowy mountain landscape in Mongolia. Photo by Fadhil Abhimantra / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Life’s High Places are Losing Their Cool Glaciers Shaped these Ecosystems — now they are vanishing Mountains are more than majestic scenery. They are living, breathing ecosystems unlike anywhere else on Earth.

A mountain peak bathed in an early, pink sun. Photo by Mads Schmidt Rasmussen / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

A Year Between First Ice and Last Ice Where do we stand at the end of the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation? As 2025 ends — and with it the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP) — we take a moment to look back at the cryosphere’s year.

A view onto a mountain peak with a glacier, through a circular window. Photo by Ronald Vermeijs / Unsplash

First snow covering an Icelandic scenery, from grassland all the way to a snowy mountain. Photo by Cat Drowley / Unsplash

A person sitting in a patch of green grass, looking over to the mountain peaks and glaciers in the European Alps. Photo by Thierry Lemaitre / Unsplash

$The inside of a glacier cave, light refracting through aquamarine ice formations. Photo by Lorenzo Borghese / Unsplash$

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Breiðamerkurjökull (SE Iceland) 1984 | 2025 6 km frontal retreat over 40 years for the 4th largest glacier in Iceland (900 km² in 2010), an outlet of the Vatnajökull ice cap! 🧊🔥 The LIA max is tangent to coastline 🌊 See this paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/... GIF Author: Amir Hamedpour

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

We Demand A Right to Ice So that future generations can still benefit from the cryosphere tomorrow Ice is not a luxury, it’s a life-support system. Glaciers store freshwater, feed rivers in dry seasons, stabilise mountain ecosystems and cultures, and help regulate climate.

The interior of an ice cave shines in blue light. Photo by Tomáš Malík / Unsplash

Soot-covered blue ice formations on a glacier. Photo by Marina Zvada / Unsplash

A bronze figurine of Justitia (Lady Justice), representing moral justice in judicial systems. Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash

A glacier calving into a lake. Photo by Mattia Marinangeli / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

The Other Side of Black Friday We can beat overconsumption by swapping, sharing and repairing Black Friday isn’t just a sale day, it’s a concentrated burst of overconsumption. Sudden spikes in production, shipping & returns create extra carbon emissions, packaging waste and discarded goods.

A trash bin filled with delivery boxes, with a cut-paper side revealing plastic pellets on a beach. Photo by Sean Robbins / Unsplash

Plastic toys and pellets alongside leftover fishing gear on a sand beach. Photo by Sören Funk / Unsplash

A himalayan mountainscape with prominent plastic pollution in the foreground. Photo by Sylwia Bartyzel / Unsplash

Rubber boots repurposed into hanging plant pots on a fence. Photo by Ravin Rau / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

We’re running out of time From Berlin to Belém - we call for tough action! There has been progress! We see renewable energy growing, cities, regions and entire countries aim to reach net-zero in the coming decades.

At the Brandenburg Gate at dusk, a big “1.5°” is hovering in the foreground while a smaller “3.0°” is visible through the gate. Photo by Florian Wehde / Unsplash

The scene at the Brandenburg Gate transforms into the Eiffel Tower, splitting the page, with the right side showing a dark overcast Paris sky. Photo by Alexis Minchella / Unsplash

A view onto the Brazilian town of Belem with a prominent flag in the foreground. Photo by Evandro Maia Neves / Unsplash

A climate strike in Berlin. Photo by Mika Baumeister / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Polynyas: Open Water in a Frozen World Out in the polar seas, where the ocean should be locked under thick ice, patches of open water sometimes appear. These are polynyas - natural openings in the sea ice, created when warm upwelling water or strong winds keep the surface from freezing over.

A picture of the frozen polar ocean with a notable hole, a polynya. Photo by Mike Beauregard / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA 2.0

An open spot of sea between drift ice in the arctic ocean. Photo by Matt Palmer / Unsplash

A photo of a humpback whale surfacing in the arctic ocean. Torsten Dederichs / Unsplash

Melting ice floes in the Antarctic ocean. Cassie Matias / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🌑 Dark Mode 🌅 Arctic Winter: When the Sun disappears Above the Arctic Circle, the Sun can vanish for weeks or months. This “polar night” happens because of Earth’s tilt. Temperatures plunge, sea ice forms, and daylight fades to twilight or none. Life slows but doesn’t stop.

A scene of sled dogs running towards an Aurora-lit horizon in Svalbard. Photo by Thomas Lipke / Unsplash

In Arctic Norway, a person illuminates the sky around him with his headlamp. Photo by Theo Eilertsen Photography / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Are we cooked? The ice is thinning - but not our capacity to care, to act, to protect what’s left. We’re reaching the first climate tipping-points. Glaciers are collapsing, ice-shelves are floating away, heatwaves and wildfires froth. The stakes have never been higher. Yes, the situation is dire.

A young person sitting in the window of a cafe, lost in thought, with a troubled expression on their face. Photo by Arif Riyanto / Unsplash

A scenery in Iceland where a blackened glacier meets a glacial lake and a dark sand beach. Photo by Holly Landkammer / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🐐 Between Rock and Vanishing Ice 🏔️ In Tyrol’s changing mountains, the Alpine ibex embodies both resilience and fragility. 🚠 High up in the rugged peaks of Tyrol, the Alpine ibex navigates a world in flux. Once buffered by permanent snow and slow-moving glaciers, their alpine home is changing fast.

An Alpine ibex towering on a precipice. The headline above it reads “Between rock and vanishing ice”. Photo by Tobias Büttel

A young alpine ibex balancing on rocks at a cliffside in Tyrol. Photo by Tobias Büttel

A young Alpine ibex on the side of a cliff, peering down. A cooperation between Tobias Büttel and Glacierwatch e.V. Photo by Tobias Büttel

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

⌛ The Last Chance Trap 🏔️ Glaciers are vanishing, overtourism can make it worse. For decades, glaciers have been shrinking at alarming rates. Between 2000–2023, glaciers outside Greenland and Antarctica lost ~5 % of their total volume. Central Europe was hit especially hard, losing ~39 %.

A group of tourists brave the cold on a motorized speedboat in the vicinity of a massive iceberg in Antarctica. Photo by Long Ma / Unsplash

Visitors trekking around Perito Moreno Glacier. Photo by Felipe Demolin / Unsplash

A hiker looking over Aletsch glacier. Photo by Stefan Lehner / Unsplash

A hiker in the Alps overlooking peaks. Photo by Nick Russill / Unsplash

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 12/09/2025

This week’s image highlights Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) in the Atlantic Ocean, monitored by satellites such as the Copernicus Sentinel-3 series. SST's are a key #climate variable & global averages have risen by 0.5 °C since 1982. Discover more at: bit.ly/3I9JjS0 @copernicusmarine.bsky.social

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

🏞️ Glacier Rivers: These Lifelines of Ice support entire Regions 💧 Did you know that many of the world’s great rivers start as meltwater from glaciers? From the Rhône in Switzerland to the Ganges in India, glacier rivers sustain people, animals, and entire ecosystems.

A glacier feeding into a river. Photo by Theo Eilertsen Photography / Unsplash

A glacier stream. Photo by Laurent Perren / Unsplash

A photo of a hydropower dam. Photo by Dan Meyers / Unsplash

A photo of a village with the view onto a mountain range. Photo by Giuseppe Mondì / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

🏚️ Life on Thawing Ground 🧊 Permafrost in Peril 🌐 From Alaska and Canada to Greenland, the European Arctic and Siberia, thawing permafrost is cracking homes, shifting coastlines, and reshaping the places people hunt, fish, and gather. Permafrost holds roughly twice the carbon in the atmosphere.

People on top of a cliff created by thawed permafrost, sinking into the Alaskan sea. Photo by Brandt Meixell / USGS / Wikimedia Commons

Satellite photography of permafrost thaw pools in the arctic. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory / WIkimedia Commons

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Heat Protection Is a Human Right 😓 The right to stay cool is essential to our health & survival, yet it's often neglected. Glaciers—Earth’s natural air conditioners—make this right possible: they reflect sunlight, feed rivers during heatwaves, cool landscapes, and shield communities from extremes.

During a heat wave a man is drying off sweat with a towel while drinking water. Photo by Ketut Subiyanto / Pexels

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

5️⃣ Explore Glaciers through our 5 Senses 🧊Glaciers speak to all our faculties

A close-up photo of a sheet of ice with tiny air bubbles frozen in them. Photo by Anastasia Shelepova / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

😢 Losing Tuvalu 🌺 Melting Glaciers and their effect on Pacific Islanders 😟 Imagine leaving your homeland — not for adventure, not for opportunity, but because the ocean is swallowing it.

A Tuvalu resident in traditional clothes. Photo by Winston Chen / Unsplash

Young and old enjoy a moment in the shade under a large tree in Tuvalu. Photo by Winston Chen / Unsplash

Thatched roof houses and gazebos in Tuvalu. Photo by Winston Chen / Unsplash

Meltwater rushing down a glacier side in the USA. Photo by McKayla Crump / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

🗓️ This was July - A Month of Climate Action 🌡️ The Climate Crisis doesn't stop in summer, and neither do we! 🔥 This July, we kicked off our summer campaign "Summer without Ice", joined Berlin Pride with a giant penguin, collaborated with activists, a members assembly and a workshop weekend.

Photo of Glacierwatch at Pride. Photo by Glacierwatch

Photo of a Glacierwatch flag at Pride and pride participants taking a selfie with our penguin. Photo by Glacierwatch

Photo of Glacierwatch members enjoying ice cream while distributing posters and flyers to participating parlors. Photo by Glacierwatch

Photo of Glacierwatch members in a workshop. Photo by Glacierwatch

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

🐧 POV: You are a penguin at Pride 🌈 Your habitat is melting but you are too gay not to dance at #BerlinPride

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🛑 Earth Overshoot Day - We Live in Overdraft! From today until the end of the year, we will use more natural resources that earth can produce

A bubble on a rocking surface, mirroring the sky. Photo by Louis Maniquet / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

⛔ No Pride with polluters! 🏳️‍🌈 Glacierwatch at Berlin Pride 🤔 Why is a climate group at Pride? ‼️ Because the fight for climate justice is the fight for queer liberation.

Picture of a rainbow on a street surface. Photo by Carlos de Toro / Unsplash

Photo of a rainbow over a chain of mountains. Photo by Nadia Ivanova / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

📍Repparfjord: When profit buries tradition In northern Norway, the Sámi community is fighting to protect Repparfjord (Riehppovuotna)—a vital reindeer migration area and part of their ancestral lands.

A photo of a reindeer looking into the camera. Photo by Nicolas Lafargue / Unsplash

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

⁉️Why Care about Glaciers? Why should you care about glaciers - even if you’re nowhere near one? Glaciers might seem distant, but they help regulate the whole planet’s temperature. They reflect sunlight, store freshwater, and keep sea levels in check.

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

💧Melting Point 🇨🇭Switzerland lost 900 glaciers already - Nuriel Delmee wants us to remember them

A picture of a glass sculpture of a puddle of water on grass. Photo by Nuriel Delmee

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Glacierwatch @glacierwatch.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Wir brauchen: Eis, Eis, Baby! Eis hilft uns, cool zu bleiben – ob als Gelato im Becher oder gefroren in den Bergen. Doch unsere Gletscher, das Kühlsystem der Erde, schmelzen rasant durch die Klimakrise. Mit Sommer ohne Eis fragen wir: Was bleibt, wenn das Eis verschwindet?

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