Good snow conditions in Ecrins massif after last saturday 30 cm snowfall ❄️
Here Glacier Blanc and Barre des Ecrins (4102 m asl) from the Ecrins mountain hut (3170 m, pic by the hut keeper D. Haxaire)
Can't wait for winter mass balance measurement!
Gaétan Heymes Parc national des Écrins

Pretty good accumulation on glaciers of the eastern Alps! ❄️💙
In Dachstein massif (northern/easternmost edge of Alpine glaciated area), 7 m of snow have been recorded this week at Hallstätter Gl. by Andreas Gschwentner!
Last pic shows this glacier in Aug. 2023
Andrea Fischer

Very high snowline currently in Nepal Himalaya (>6050 m asl, Mauri Pelto) meaning low accumulation for glaciers ❄️📈
Highest mountains of the planet look very dry this year, as shown by these impressive shots of Lhotse (8,516m, 4th world highest peak) south face by Baker Perry!

Venezuela is now ice-free! 🥵
First American country to lose all its glaciers! 🧊📈
2 ha Humboldt Gl. (here 2024 | 2008) is now static and was downgraded from glacier to ice field
Next countries on the list: Indonesia, Mexico & Slovenia
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Extreme Temperatures Around The World

Matterhorn north face 🤩
E. Spelterini
1904

Impressive stratigraphy visible in the seracs of the Mt Blanc du Tacul (4248 m asl) north face! ❄️⏳️
The record of February 2021 major saharan dust event is just mind-blowing!

Pic. M. Colonel

Despite (or maybe because) a cold winter in Scandinavia, accumulation on glaciers is one of the worst measured for over 40 years! 📈❄️
Here Rabots glacier (W of Kebnekaise peak, top of Lapland)
MB data Nina Kirchner
2018 Aug. pic by P. Holmlund (looking E, Kebnekaise at back)

Nice measuring session this week with surprises! 🥰🌲💍
But measuring can sometimes take a looonnng time, when it comes to complicated samples (1 sample per day!) ⏳

#Holocene #glacier #Alps #subfossil #wood

Mer de Glace moraine and Grands Charmoz today 🤩

Fairly decent snowcover for late april ❄️

Pic Emilie Jolie

Mer de Glace this morning 😰

It remains a mystery to what extent private companies can be allowed to destroy the common good...🤬
This is the view you now have at one of the Alps' most famous site, disfigured by pylons!

🙏Seb Guillet for the pic

2 years (2022 and 2023)
=
10% glacier LOSS in the Alps! 🥵📈

O.N.L.Y. T.W.O. Y.E.A.R.S!😱

Copernicus ECMWF just released its European State Of The Climate report
Check it out 👉climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2023/sno…

Surely one of the most impressive dendroglaciological find ever! 🤩❄️🌲💍

The 'Holy Grail site' at Camp glacier (BC) features several in situ stumps plastered against bedrock. Testifies a small glacier advance in 6.3 ka exceeding the 2000s extent!
Pic Dan J Smith UVTRL in 2018

One more from that moody Horn! 🗻❄️🌥️

(Thank you so much Sandra Goršić for capturing and sharing this moment! 🥰)

Somehow ironically, my #Tschierva picture made it to the cover of a recently published book about European #Holocene glacial landscapes 🗻

A lot of changes (not for the better) in that valley since it was taken in 2011! 😭

(DM if you're interested by our Chapter about the Alps)

Preboreal larch is something! 🥰🌲💍