From awareness → global action on the cryosphere ❄️🌍

At #WorldGlaciersDay 2026, #IYGP2025 closed & a new Decade of Action began.

The MRI’s @drcarolinadler.bsky.social contributed as IYGP Co-Chair – giving a keynote & moderating a high-level panel with fellow Co-Chair John Pomeroy.

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Coinciding with International Mother Language Day, We continue to invite you to walk this road with us toward an amazing, sustainable, and truly earth-shattering event.

#IYGP2025 #UnescoWorldHeritage
Photo Credit: Geology rock from Drumheller AB-Courtesy by Holly Bley and Kathryn Abbott

This week’s images, spanning the Americas, global collaboration, and Canada’s own Badlands, reflect the international spirit of our geoscience community.

#IYGP2025 #UnescoWorldHeritage
Photo Credit: Launch of the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (March 21, 2025) by K. Boggs.

⛰️ In 2025, we marked the #IYGP2025 with a series of initiatives. Some of them are highlighted in the Adaptation at Altitude Knowledge Network PDF scroll designed by Zoï.
👉 https://zoinet.org/product/aaa-2025-scroll/

#GlaciersMatter

Thank you to everyone who joined our #glacier session at the 23rd Swiss Geoscience Meeting! ❄️🌄

From melting ice to human stories, it was inspiring to explore glaciers in all their complexity. Missed it? Catch up here: buff.ly/2hxfk8h

#Glaciers2025 #IYGP2025 #OurChangingMountains #MountainsMatter

Many of Iceland’s glaciers are retreating, placing them at the center of discussions on monitoring, preservation, and environmental stewardship during the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025.

#Iceland #IYGP2025 #UNESCO
Photo credits: left ©Snorri Baldursson; right ©Thorvardur Arnason

#ICYMI: Read Otto's Glacier Story to celebrate the #IYGP2025 with Adaptation at Altitude -- A touching reflection on mountain ice, changes, and loss: adaptationataltitude.org/knowledge-base/article/g...

Greenland Glacier Melt Boosts Coastal Productivity In a significant revelation for climate science and marine ecology, a research team led by Wood, Carroll, and Fenty has unveiled findings that link the accelerated melting of Greenland's most

While the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation comes to an end, a study finds buoyant meltwater plumes from Greenland's most active glacier boost summer primary production by up to 40%.

This lifts annual CO₂ uptake by only about 3%, as warmer upwelled waters hold less gas. #IYGP2025

UVic Study Forecasts Global Glacier Erosion Trends In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Geoscience, University of Victoria geographer Sophie Norris and her international team have unveiled the most comprehensive global assessment yet of how

Glaciers don't erode simply where ice moves fastest.

A survey found precipitation and elevation or length are major factors. Most glaciers remove less than 3mm of rock per year, totalling ~23 gigatonnes globally.

#Glaciers2025 #IYGP2025

11 December is #InternationalMountainDay!

As part of the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation #IYGP2025, #IMD2025 highlights how #glaciers matter for water, food & livelihoods in mountains & beyond.

Learn #GENeva's contribution to make #MountainsMatter ▶️ tiny.cc/GENMountainD...

Reflections on United Nations’ Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences and International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation

2025 is the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.

Authors call for urgent, collaborative action to preserve glaciers, highlighting their scientific, cultural and spiritual importance, urging integration of traditional knowledge into climate efforts. #Glaciers2025 #IYGP2025

❄️ Glaciers are cooling the air around them – for now.

🧊 A new study published in Nature Climate Change shows this “self-cooling” will peak by the 2030s before melting speeds up.
🌡️ "Every bit of a degree counts."
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#IYGP2025 #Glaciers2025 #OurChangingMountains #VanishingGlaciers

🏔️ The Alps are warming faster than the global average & Swiss #glaciers have lost a quarter of their volume since 2015.

❄️ Melting extends to the highest peaks; this summer, the zero degree line exceeded 5,000 metres several times.

#OurChangingMountains #IYGP2025 #Glaciers2025

Argentina’s once stable Perito Moreno Glacier is now melting fast New data shows Perito Moreno Glacier’s rapid retreat, revealing climate change’s delayed impact on this iconic mass of ice.

⛰️ The Perito Moreno Glacier's retreat could be a delayed reaction to climate shifts from more than a decade ago.

The dramatic change in a glacier historically seen as stable underscores why scientists must keep monitoring even the most resilient natural systems. #Glaciers2025 #IYGP2025

❄️ In 2024, as part of the preparations for the #IYGP2025, her work focused on reducing the risks of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods, highlighting available solutions and sharing recommendations from a global review of case studies through a communication campaign aimed at decision-makers.

🧊 Model results reveal that meeting the 1.5 °C #ParisAgreement goal would leave twice as much glacier ice as the warming expected from present policies.

Each extra 0.1 °C costs 2% of global ice, underscoring the high value of swift, deep #GHGEmission cuts. www.weforum.org/stories/2025... #IYGP2025

‘This is not just ice’: Glaciers support human livelihoods, UN deputy chief says UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called for urgent action to protect water-related ecosystems in remarks to the International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on...

Read about UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed's call for action at the International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, this past week.

Press Release: news.un.org/en/story/202...

Thank you to Tajikistan for proposing #IYGP2025 at the UN!
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Glaciers are shrinking fast. Their ice loss affects sea-level rise and water resources for hundreds of millions of people.

Learn more about the 2025 International Year for Glaciers' Preservation at the official website:
www.un-glaciers.org/en

#IYGP2025 #GlacierPreservation

I’m excited to join global leaders, scientists, athletes, and activists to talk about the future of mountain regions + climate resilience.

Follow along — big adventures + big stories ahead!

#GlaciersConference #Dushanbe2025 #IYGP2025 #GlacierAction #SaveOurGlaciers #ClimateAction #ICGP2025

High-Level Internationall Conference on Glaciers Preservation 29-31 May, 2025 Dushanbe, Tajikistan High-Level Internationall Conference on Glaciers Preservation 29-31 May, 2025 Dushanbe, Tajikistan

❄️Today is the first day of the High-level International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan! 

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As a highlight of #IYGP2025, discussions will center around preserving global snowpack and glaciers. ❄️

❄️The High-level International Conference on Glaciers' Preservation is happening in one week in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 29-31.

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Building momentum during #IYGP2025, speakers will highlight how mitigation is key to preserving global snowpack and glaciers. Program linked above.

The shrinking of the Greenland Ice Sheet can’t be stopped—but it can and must be slowed Ice loss in Greenland is already large, irreversible, and greatly accelerated after centuries of near stability. Though a tipping point for future ice loss has already been crossed, the pace of this l...

Il 2024 è stato il 27° anno consecutivo in cui la calotta glaciale della #Groenlandia si è ridotta, perdendo circa 269 gigatonnellate di #ghiaccio all'anno dal 2002! 🧊🔥
La sua contrazione non può essere fermata, ma può e deve essere rallentata! 🌊🏝️ #IYGP2025
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New fact sheets confirm Asia’s double vulnerability to cryosphere change, and its unique position to act. - ICIMOD Kathmandu – A new 13 part guide, ‘Stop The Melt’ sets out the implications of fast vanishing mountain glaciers and rapid losses to ice sheets, permafrost and sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic…

Read the full press release: buff.ly/j1S1Cor

#Glacier2025 #IYGP2025 #WorldWaterDay #WorldGlacierDay

This new campaign from @uk_protect examines the impact of glacier loss on our planet and discover what we can do to make a difference

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#POW #ProtectOurWinters #glacierpreservation #glaciers2025 #IYGP2025

Did you know today is the first ever World Day of Glaciers! Thanks @unesco.org for hosting us. #Glaciers #WorldGlacierDay #IYGP2025 #IYGP #Paris

In the photos above you see @mostfun.bsky.social 🇳🇴🇸🇪team members sampling a glacier in August 2024 in Lyngen, Northern Norway.

#WorldDayForGlaciers #IYGP2025 #GlacierConservation #AquaticFungi #monitoring #MoSTFun

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@biodiversaplus.bsky.social

❄️🌍 Happy World Day for Glaciers 2025! 🌍❄️

Glaciers are essential ecosystems, supporting unique life forms. In MoSTFun, we’re exploring the biodiversity of fungi associated with glaciers and their crucial role in these environments. 🌊 #WorldDayForGlaciers #IYGP2025 #GlacierConservation #AquaticFungi

On this first-ever World Glacier Day, we are reminded of an undeniable reality: the glaciers of the #HinduKushHimalaya (HKH) region—our planet’s “Third Pole”—are melting at an alarming rate.

#Glacier2025 #IYGP2025

Première journée mondiale des glaciers La première Journée mondiale des glaciers, ainsi que l'Année internationale des glaciers 2025, nous encouragent tous à agir pour préserver le rôle vital des glaciers dans le maintien de la vie sur Ter...

#WorldGlaciersDay 🏔️ En cette première Journée mondiale des glaciers, découvrez en images quelques-uns des programmes de recherche scientifique pour l'étude des glaciers.
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#IYGP #IYGP2025

Climate change–driven phenomena such as rapid glacier retreat, shifting precipitation patterns, and an increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are exacerbating the challenges.

#Glaciers2025 #IYGP2025 #GlaciersPreservation