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More information on what we know here: blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/… This is now unlikely to be a GLOF, more probably a glacier collapse or a rock and/or ice avalanche.

Great animation of the trajectory of iceberg #A68a over the last three weeks and it’s handbrake turn to avoid hitting South Georgia.

@ec_zurich Thanks so much @ec_zurich ! We are stoked to have access to this fantastic Hub and are looking forward to the exchange with all your skilled members!

Meet @RecogniceNow, the first non-profit organization in the RocketHub! 🚀Their objective is to raise awareness on the presence & crucial role of the #cyrosphere, the frozen water parts of our planet, by educating & supporting its maintenance and restoration. ❄️🧊#rockethubticker

@mr_nigiri @BernhardGahr Does it distract from the real Voice?;-)

@RecogniceNow @BernhardGahr Awesome! The video would be better without background music though.

Glaciers as seen from Furka Pass. Hereby a truly unique visual angle to understand how those little icy patches are actually connected. Turn your sound on for the biggest surpr.ice! youtube.com/watch?v=1bs9qb…

@realglacier We observed a very similar feature last week in the recently detached lower part of Turtmann Glacier in Valais. See the upper left corner of this screenshot of a longer item by @LeTemps , drone footage by @xavierfilliez . youtu.be/whUiRXXHgHw

Must have been an impressive ice cave before the collapse.

Du Grand Nord à la Suisse, le pèlerin des glaciers letemps.ch/video/suisse/g…

Mass balance of a #glacier is the gain and loss of ice from the glacier system, an important climate change indicator. WGMS calculated glacier mass loss of over 20 meters of w.e. from 1976-2005, with mean annual melting rates doubling after 2000. #ClimateChange #rstats #dataviz

Un hommage aux glaciers disparus attire 200 personnes à Trient (VS) rts.ch/info/regions/v…

@FabClimate @matthias_huss Idem, would you agree we simply have to accept some environmental impacts to eventually save a rainbow?

@RecogniceNow @matthias_huss If the "ingenious attempt" is free of carbon emissions, free of chemicals and without environmental consequences, I'm all for it! But then we could also directly focus on solving the perpetual energy problem...

Thanks @matthias_huss for binging some common sense in this crazy project. Are the additional simulations you mention in the article published somewhere? wired.co.uk/article/snow-s…

@matthias_huss @FabClimate Ouch, that image speaks, thanks for sharing. Regarding the impact of technical solutions: shouldn't we consider human-induced deglaciation as an even larger impact on pristine environments?

@RecogniceNow @FabClimate Fully justified comment. Yes, very LOCAL technical approaches to save some ice where needed are reasonable. Always a question of investments and revenue: In the case of saving an entire glacier, the costs are huge PLUS major impacts on a virgin environment, direct benefit limited

@matthias_huss @FabClimate May I ask for a critical review of your own words though, @matthias_huss : “The only way we can save glaciers is slashing emissions...” Ain't gonna happen, is it? So shouldn't we better promote and support any ingenious attempt to save some glaciers?

@FabClimate At least I'm happy to see that the press is finally putting some more critical voices along with the promises of saving glaciers. This was not the case for the last years...

@AlpineBiogeo Dear Jana, we've made an animation around the collapse of Turtmann Glacier, including the glacier's previous outlines as found in your publication from 2013. Enjoy! youtube.com/watch?v=N8ow7w…

So how did #Turtmann #glacier look like before it broke apart yesterday? I had a look in my photo archive, showing the thinning of the #icefall between 2011 and 2019.

Recognice what's behind... the dramatic collapse of Turtmann Glacier! Check out our first animated video and read the blog! youtube.com/watch?v=N8ow7w… recognice.org/glacier-collap…

@AlpineBiogeo Fantastic series of pictures Jana, thanks for sharing. I found them through an article on @watson_news. We would be very glad to use them in a graphic. Can we talk about this privately? Best regards, the team of @RecogniceNow

Our first freezy frame in Lugano was featured in @FuW_News today: fuw.ch/article/aufgef… #glaciers #montesansalvatore @luganomycity #recognice

A letter from the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) to @UNFCCC summarising glacier changes and can be read on their website: wgms.ch and a short letter to @nature here: nature.com/articles/d4158…

Very nice overview over some of the key glacier data! Check out our website recognice.org/sansalvatore/ for plots of the glaciers seen from San Salvatore in Lugano Switzerland (a subset of the WGMS data). #glaciers #recognice #sansalvatore #wgms

Articles get published even during these troubled times. Here's a new study lead by the WGMS on estimating global glacier mass change for the most recent years. Another acceleration of losses to more than 400 billion tons of ice annually... the-cryosphere.net/14/1043/2020/

A Swiss glacier’s stunning collapse was caught on camera