#Glacier

Shivangi Tiwari

shivangi__t

Since there is some spectacularly bad reporting happening - and the confusion is spreading fast - some clarifications:(THREAD)1. A glacier is like a river of ice. It looks like this:(Source:

Dr Dan Shugar

WaterSHEDLab

This looks like it could be from a (unnamed?) glacier flowing from Trisul peak. @planetlabs imagery from Feb 7 (L image) shows lots of dust/moisture in the air (same as

Hridayesh Joshi

hridayeshjoshi

While everything can not be linked to Climate Change we must bear this in mind: This is from @IPCC_CH report chapter 2 “Glacier retreat and permafrost thaw are projected to

Matthias Huss

matthias_huss

How much does it cost to save 1m3 of #glacier ice with artificial measures? It is possible, but expensive!Check out our new study published in Cold Regions Science and Technology

Murali Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇱

Muralik79739498

Some important facts.Fact 1: There was a massive glacier burst at Uttarakhand yesterday.Fact 2: Indian scientists have gone on record stating that such glacier bursts are impossible during winters.Contd.. Fact

Dr Dan Shugar

WaterSHEDLab

There has been a lot of confusion in the past 24hrs surrounding the term 'glacier burst' and exactly what happened to cause the #UttarakhandDisaster flood. Analysis by myself and colleagues

Upword

upword_

Did you know?More than 900 dams, barrages and weirs have been built on Ganga. Gangotri has been receding since 1780, the retreat quickened after 1971. Over the last 25 yrs,

Laura Hollister

Xeno_lith

Yesterday @phaneritic and family and I hiked to Emma Lake in the lovely Sierra Nevada Mtns.Here’s a little geology thread about the day. Emma Lake is a tarn- a Lake

Fabien Maussion

FabClimate

After yesterday's poll, a thread. This plot shows the 2m temperature provided by @ECMWF's #era5 reanalysis, (1) averaged over the globe and (2) averaged for all glacier locations (weighted by

Kris Van Steenbergen

KrVaSt

It's the 1st time ever recorded the Canadian Archipelago is acting like a full-capacity ice-drainage zone (100% open straits & channels).Once they're open, their surfaces heat by 1°C/day or more.

Eagle Eye

SortedEagle

Uttarakhand Has A Glacier That Is Known To Be A Historic Stairway To Heaven. We have often heard historical tales spanning around stairways leading to heaven. The most famous among

Jenine McCutcheon

jen_mccutcheon

Latest @Glacier_Albedo paper in @NatureComms available here https://rdcu.be/ceadp Mineral phosphorus drives glacier algal blooms on the Greenland Ice Sheet. A quick thread about what we found 1/7 This study

Alok Bhatt

alok_bhatt

#Uttarakhand वालों, हम सब मिलकर आपदा से तो निपट लेंगे, लेकिन इन लौबियों, पर्यावरण के ठेकेदारों के रूप

PATCH

TSXcapital

Lots of climate predictions that missed their mark in 2020. Shocker! Still artic ice! Swing and a miss for the 2013 prediction 2009 prediction China would cut emissions 45% below

Midori

midorinic

With the newly released map @Conserva_North that has ppl talking about logging old growth, it triggers for me our struggle with industrial logging - we have lived in our remote

Nick Fad | SOUR CANDY IS UNWRAPPING 🍬🍬

fad_nick

All officially released vinyls of Lady Gaga albums for those deciding which ones to get: a thread The Fame:1. Standard Black2. Glacier Blue3. Light Blue4. Coke Bottle Green/Blue The Fame

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