The 2024–25 Glaciology class from the University of Trieste during the field exercise for winter mass balance measurements on the small glacial body of Prevala (Mount Canin, Julian Alps). Enjoying a 4 meters deep snow pit.

May 2025 was 0.3°C cooler then the 1971-2000, but the Spring ended 1.5°C warmer then normal after a very warm March (2.1°C positive anomaly) and April (+1.7°C) Borgo Grotta Gigante weather station, 275 m asl, coastal Karst

It's fascinating that this south-facing Kanin plateau (Slo), was once the accumulation area of a large glacier that flowed down to Bovec and continued along the Soča Valley Hard to imagine the kind of climate that could sustain a glacier of such size. 📷 from Mali Kanin 2571 m

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Possible drivers of the extreme North Atlantic marine heatwave in 2023 nature.com/articles/s4158…

For those interested in 🇬🇱 #greenland cryosphere Kalaallit Nunaat, Atmosphere–cryosphere dynamics in the mountain areas peripheral to the Greenland Ice Sheet ⛳️CNR ISP Basovizza Campus (Trieste, Italy) 🕑Monday 16th, 2 pm - 3.30 pm (Ita time) 🖥️remotely with QR code

Our last work is out. No cryosphere this time, but simulations and observations of how the Adriatic Sea is changing under severe climate change forcing ➡️os.copernicus.org/articles/21/10…

June 2025 second warmest since 1967 in the coastal Karst, but at least (!) since 200 years for comparison with the Trieste dataset mean June AT 2025 = 23.8°C mean June AT 1971-2000 = 18.9°C mean June AT 2003 = 24.3°C 17 mm of rain instead of 130 mm

~100-kyr glacial cycles... are largely deterministic... This permits to make first-order estimates about the natural future of Earth’s climate in the hypothetical absence of CO2 forcing resulting from human activities. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Our new paper coming out today (pre-proof version on Journal of Glaciology), presenting results of the LOGS project led by CNR ISP We study the thickness and thermal regime of two polythermal glaciers in West Greenland based on GPR measurements. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

AT 🌡 23.6 °C (summer 2025 so far) vs 19.6°C (same period 1971-2000) From almoat 36°C (daily MAX record for early July) to 10°C (rather close to daily min record for early July) P 🌨 80% less precipitation so far ➡️ more details here: facebook.com/share/p/1FXehq…

Still an unusual load of water vapour in the stratosphere after the Tonga volcano eruption 4 years ago. This might be the reason why global temperature rise accelerated so much in the last 3-4 years

Dramatic sunset on July 26, 2025, a few hours before a series of heavy thunderstorms affected the Karst and the Northern Adriatic.

Probably the largest recorded set of air temperature extremes in one single day, July 25th, 2025

The Greenland ice sheet is currently on pace for a 'usual' ice loss of ca. 170 Gigatonnes, rising global average sea level by ca. 0.5 mm this year. There have been two mid summer snowfall episodes that is keeping the ice sheet from losing even more. PROMICE

Near-record tropical night a few days ago in the coastal Karst🌡️ Aug 5–6, 2017: ≥26.6 °C Aug 10–11, 2025: ≥25.2 °C. 📈 5-min air temperature plot of both nights:

Our latest new work, the result of a nice collaboration with Neil Glasser and the Aberystwith University is now on-line! With Costanza Del Gobbo & Andrea Securo nature.com/articles/s4159…

💧109 mm Almost the entire normal September rainfall (126 mm) fell within about ten hours yesterday September 2 at the Borgo Grotta Gigante weather observatory. Some areas of Trieste saw up to 150% of the normal Sep rainfall Luckily, we live in a karstic landscape

A stark comparison Marmolada Glacier at the end of summer 109 years ago vs. today amd 10 years ago Credits: unipd.it/news/campagna-…

Summer 2025 is the 4th warmest on record in Svalbard. Very close result compared with what I'm observing in the Karst area where the summer 2025 was the third warmest on record. So far, so close destiny.