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The Alps set to lose a record number of glaciers in the next decade, study warns #Alps

The Alps set to lose a record number of glaciers in the next decade, study warns
Glaciers are melting worldwide. In some regions, they could even disappear completely. Looking at the number of glaciers disappearing, the Alps could reach their peak loss rate as early as 2033 to 2041. Depending on how sharply the planet warms, this period may mark a time when more glaciers vanish than ever before. Worldwide, the peak glacier loss rate will occur about ten years later and could rise from 2,000 to 4,000 glaciers lost each year.

"What can—and cannot—be done to save the world’s glaciers"
#Glaciers #Climate #ClimateChange

What can—and cannot—be done to save the world’s glaciers
Glaciers are often treated as scenic features or scientific curiosities. In fact, they are critical infrastructure. Though they cover roughly a tenth of the Earth’s land surface, meltwater from glaciers and seasonal snowpacks supports drinking water, agriculture, industry, and energy production for close to half the global population. That support system is now shrinking, fast. […]

"Climate change is melting glaciers and ice sheets faster than they can regrow"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Glaciers

Climate change is melting glaciers and ice sheets faster than they can regrow
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Personalisierte Gentherapien: Startup hofft auf gelockerte Zulassung in den USA
Aurora Therapeutics will Gentherapien gegen die Krankheit PKU entwickeln. Bei jetzigen Zulassungsregeln müsste die Firma in den USA 1.600 Studien durchführen.

Uber's market cap fell to ~$150B, down ~25% in six months, as investors weigh robotaxi disruption, perceiving it as a two-horse race between Waymo and Tesla (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/…

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and Chang Lee's coverage of the trip to the Thwaites Glacier here.
This has got to be the most well-covered research cruise ever. 🌊
https://bsky.app/profile/davidho.bsky.social/post/3mctlzgyci22r

One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/one-glacier-is-actually-growing-and-perplexed-scientists-hope-to-discover-its-secrets/

One Glacier Is Actually Growing–and Perplexed Scientists Hope to Discover its Secrets
The samples were drilled across 100 meters of ice, equating to some 30,000 years of glacial history. 

A cacophony of colors, textures, temperatures and climate zones
(That rubble actually is a tiny section of the side moraine of a glacier, with a several hundred meters drop down to the ice flow directly behind and its vast carved out valley opening up... Boulders and rubble which have been piled up for millions of years and life slowly spreading its thin fragile carpet over it... True borderlands experience and sheer wonder about the forces actively shaping this planet... Sometimes I d…

Noisy traffic is making Galšpagos’ yellow warblers angry https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/noisy-traffic-is-making-galapagos-yellow-warblers-angry/

Noisy traffic is making Galápagos’ yellow warblers angry
A recent study found that birds that live closer to roads display more aggression than birds of the same species that live farther away from noisy vehicles, Mongabay’s Spoorthy Raman reported. Researchers looked at the behavioral differences of male Galápagos yellow warblers (Setophaga petechia aureola) on two islands of the Galápagos, an Ecuadorian archipelago in […]

"Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years"
#Alps #Glaciers #Climate #ClimateChange