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Swiss #glaciers are having a good time this winter! Despite high temperatures + very little snow at low elevation, snow on glaciers is abundant at the moment. (GLAMOS VAW Glaciology real-time automated observations) Better data soon with the onset of our late-winter surveys

The GLAMOS VAW Glaciology measurement season is on! 🤩 Today we conducted snow depth and density measurements on Great #Aletsch #Glacier. A long but beautiful traverse from top to bottom. Good snow conditions this year (2-5m) even though I would have expected more...

#Glacier de la Plaine Morte today for GLAMOS fieldwork. Saharan dust once again made the scene! Exceptionally warm weather with melting at almost 3000 masl already in the morning. Snow cover is decent with 4-5m, even though not exceptional VAW Glaciology Lander Van Tricht

Glacier measurements at their best: probing snow depth at 4000 masl on a windy and crystal clear morning. Our GLAMOS VAW Glaciology snow water equivalent monitoring on Allalin #glacier today showed surprisingly little snow at high elev., but decent snow on the glacier tongue

What a great day on Findel #Glacier for GLAMOS measurements of winter snow accumulation. And a privilege to work in this beautiful but fragile environment! Much better situation than in the last two years, even though not exceptional for the region relative to long-term mean

Our snow measurements in front of the landslide deposits indicated above-average snow water equivalent. Good News at least for the #glaciers in Eastern Switzerland this year VAW Glaciology Giulia Mazzotti

Back to GLAMOS fieldwork after a period with bad weather. Today Vadret Pers, Eastern Switzerland. Impressive scenery and a lot of snow 🤩 VAW Glaciology

Another day in winter paradise! We were out today to perform GLAMOS snow measurements on Gries #Glacier. Vast amounts of snow cover the ice! 😎 Data evaluation will show how extraordinary this situation is, and how it will help the glacier during summer. VAW Glaciology

Up on Swiss #glaciers, there's still a lot of snow but melt is slowly kicking in. This pic from GLAMOS measurements at Rhone Gl. today shows the shining blue of a meltwater pond, and the red-yellow of abundant Saharan dust deposited in March. Impressive! 🤩 VAW Glaciology

This year's weather is a blessing for Swiss #glaciers so far. Their state compared to the reference in early June has further improved and is substantially above average in all regions. Yesterday, most likely, peak snow accumulation has been reached. From now on melt dominates 🫠

Based on GLAMOS measurements combined with modelling we infer the daily-scale mass change of Swiss glaciers. The entire winter was much better than the 2010-2020 average. VAW Glaciology WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social

🏔️ Keine Entspannung in Sicht für Schweizer #Gletscher. Laut GLAMOS und SCNAT wurde 2024 ein Verlust von 2,5 % des Gletschervolumens gemessen. Mehr dazu 👉 scnat.ch/de/id/GPLBt #Klima

Swiss glaciers: another major ice volume loss despite much snow in winter! 2022: -5.9% 💥 2023: -4.4% 💥 2024: -2.4% ❄️💥 The GLAMOS report on the new measurements just released via SCNAT scnat.ch/en/id/GPLBt The suffering of #glaciers goes on... A thread (1/n)

Wastage of Vadret dal Corvatsch, Eastern Switzerland, over the last 5 decades. This Friday is the first International Day of #Glaciers. Let's all work to preserve this beauty of nature!

📢 The 2024 Glaciological Report by GLAMOS is out, now in its 143rd/144th year. Swiss glaciers are shrinking rapidly, losing 6% of their volume in 21/22 and another 4% in 22/23. Some areas saw ice thinning by over 4m, breaking all melt rate records. 🔗 doi.glamos.ch/pubs/glrep/glr…

Tomorrow is the first International Day of #Glaciers! Let's not forget the suffering of these ambassadors of climate change. Let's preserve them, as far as still possible to limit the negative impacts on our environment. SCNAT World Meteorological Organization United Nations