A black plastic reel with a measuring tape on it including a folding brass rod on the end

Anyone have any clue where I can get a measuring tape for sea ice in Europe? The only supplier I have found is the very lovely and friendly Kovacs, but they are US based and the cost and time for delivery are crazy.
I mean one like this:

#glaciology #seaice #Hivemind #academicChatter

A Kovacs ice measurement gaugue

Anyone have any clue where I can get a measuring tape for sea ice in Europe? The only supplier I have found is the very lovely and friendly Kovacs, but they are US based and the cost and time for delivery are crazy.
I mean one like this
#glaciology #seaice #Hivemind

A close-up view of the Gabriel Icefall on the Gulkana Glacier in the Eastern Alaska Range, Alaska. The frame is filled entirely with heavily crevassed and fractured glacier ice, showing roughly 400 vertical feet of the icefall. The ice displays complex textures including folded horizontal striations representing annual accumulation layers compressed and deformed during glacial flow, deep crevasses, and towering seracs in the upper portion of the frame. Blue glacial ice is visible in the deeper crevasse walls at lower left. Rocky moraine debris is visible at the very bottom right of the frame.

The Gabriel Icefall on the Gulkana Glacier, Eastern Alaska Range. About 400 vertical feet of ice in this frame. The striations are annual accumulation layers that become folded during flow.

#alaska #glacier #hiking #glaciology

Retreat of Cook Ice Cap oulet glaciers, Kerguelen Island is evident in Landsat images from 2001 (red arrows) to 2025 (yellow dots). This led to lake formation and expansion. Dumont D’Urville Gl.=-1.5 km, Vallot Gl.=-2.4 km, Naumann Gl.=4.0 km, Ampere Gl.=-3.3 km and Diosaz Gl.=-0.8 km.
#glaciology

Fantastic radar images 📸and compelling story about radar revealed debris trains 1km up in Northern Greenland ice which seems to be proof of dramatic shrinkage in last interglacial (~120kya), surge-like regrowth lifting basal till and weakening ice in ways models miss.

#Glaciology #GlacierDynamics

Broadly stable atmospheric CO2 and CH4 levels over the past 3 million years - Nature Blue ice records from Antarctica are used to determine methane and carbon dioxide concentrations over the past 3 million years.

Ancient Antarctic ice cores reveal a 3‑million‑year climate story shaped more by changing ocean temperatures than greenhouse gases, say two studies in @nature.com. The findings shed new light on Earth’s past ice ages: spklr.io/63321EHtTF

#ClimateChange #Glaciology

What Antarctic Ice Has Been Holding for Three Million Years Key Takeaways Ice cores from Allan Hills provide insights into atmospheric conditions 3.1 million years ago, revealing minimal changes in CO2 and methane

What Antarctic Ice Has Been Holding for Three Million Years #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #AntarcticIce #ClimateChange

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What Antarctic Ice Has Been Holding for Three Million Years Key Takeaways Ice cores from Allan Hills provide insights into atmospheric conditions 3.1 million years ago, revealing minimal changes in CO2 and methane

What Antarctic Ice Has Been Holding for Three Million Years #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #AntarcticIce #ClimateChange

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Icing sugar bag w/English and French text

you know for years I thought this said "sucre à *glacier*" #cryology #glaciology

A big shoutout to the field team for carrying out the drilling campaign under demanding weather conditions. 🌬️

#Glaciology #GPR #DroneTechnology #KovacDrill #DataValidation #ClimateResearch #RemoteSensing

This video visualizes the impact of an unseasonal Atmospheric River (AR) event that occurred in late January 2021 in the subtropical Andes (33° S) #glacier #andes #glaciology

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Who doesn’t love seeing a supraglacial channel in winter? The ice shapes are amazing — frozen flows, bright blues, and patterns that show how glaciers move and melt. Nature at its coolest. #Glacier #Science #Glaciology

The Alpine #Glaciology Meeting is always a highlight of our "scientific year". Looking back to inspiring days last week in #Milano.

The Smith–Morland flow law revisited Preprint, submitted to the Journal of Glaciology on 2026-02-27.

New preprint, submitted to @igsoc.bsky.social Journal of #Glaciology: "The Smith-Morland flow law revisited". We offer a singularity-free alternative to Nye-Glen, avoiding the infinite-viscosity limit at zero stress. Already implemented in #SICOPOLIS.
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Something very strange is happening under Greenland’s ice | BBC Science Focus Magazine The phenomenon was described by a professor as similar to "a pot of boiling pasta" – and it's happening to solid ice.

Something very strange is happening under Greenland’s ice #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #GreenlandIce #ClimateChange

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Something very strange is happening under Greenland’s ice | BBC Science Focus Magazine The phenomenon was described by a professor as similar to "a pot of boiling pasta" – and it's happening to solid ice.

Something very strange is happening under Greenland’s ice #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #GreenlandIce #ClimateChange

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Rain is coming to Antarctica – here’s how it will change the frozen continent In the Antarctic Peninsula, precipitation is increasingly falling as rain rather than snow, with consequences for glaciers, penguins and even scientists.

Rain is coming to Antarctica – here’s how it will change the frozen continent theconversation.com/rain-is-coming-to-antarc... #glaciology #geography #science #STEM

This Decade Will Shape The Fate Of Antarctica's Ice Shelves Antarctica's ice shelves are melting fast. Scientists say emissions cuts this decade could still prevent the worst outcomes.

This Decade Will Shape The Fate Of Antarctica’s Ice Shelves #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #Antarctica #ClimateChange #IceShelves

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Long, freezing days in the Arctic
gear acting up, crevasse checks, quick calls in the cold. Fieldwork takes days of prep and recovery

Lately, I’ve met quite a few colleagues who don’t see much value in it. What does it say about our times that we prefer models over direct measurements?
#glaciology

Scientists may have just solved one of the strangest mysteries of Greenland’s ice sheet Below the surface, Greenland’s ice appears to be churning up, a process one scientist described as akin to a “boiling pot of pasta”

Scientists may have just solved one of the strangest mysteries of Greenland’s ice sheet #Science #EarthSciences #Glaciology #GreenlandIceSheet #ClimateChange

www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-may-h...

Meltwater lingered too long in the firn
fell in love with staying,
Refroze itself into ice.
When new meltwater comes,
there’s no room left to rest
runoff guaranteed,
the glacier lost it’s lovely buffer.

Observations from an accumulation area at 700m.asl in Svalbard.
#climatechange #glaciology #firn

Glacier surging and surge-related hazards in a changing climate - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Glacier surges are rapid ice flow acceleration and mass transport events, which can threaten nearby communities, infrastructure and habitats. This Review discusses the global distribution, behaviour a...

***Our review paper on glacier surging is out!***

Lovell H, Benn DI, Jiskoot H and 12 others (2026) “Glacier surging and surge-related hazards in a changing climate.”
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 7(2). doi.org/10.1038/s430...

@hazlovell.bsky.social #cryosphere #glaciology #science #glaciers

Jorge Montt Glacier, outlet of Southern Patagonia Icefield has experienced a 2.5 km retreat in last 5 years. Contributions from tributary A-C reduced. Terminus in wider fjord reach providing no pinning point to slow retreat.
#climatechange #glaciology

Tbt Video out with some of the students doing a summer mass balance survey - or should we call it glacier surface water survey💦? So much water at the glacier surface when redrilling the mass balance stakes… 🙀
#Glaciology #Svalbard #Glaciermelt #Hydrology #ClimateChange #Arctic

A decade of change for glaciers of South Georgia Is. revealed in Landsat images images. Retreat has led to detachment/separation at Twitcher, Risting, Novosilski, Salamon and Hindle Glacier.
#climatechange #glaciology

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What’s Buried Beneath Antarctica's Ice? A New Map Unveils the Continent's Hidden Landscape Like Never Before Seen A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might affect sea-level rise

What’s Buried Beneath Antarctica's Ice? A New Map Unveils the Continent's Hidden Landscape Like Never Before Seen: A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's… @SmithsonianMag #Antarctica #Glaciology #SeaLevelRise #ClimateChange #IceMelting

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#Science
#ThwaitesGlacier
#AntarcticTreaty
#ClimateSecurity
#Glaciology
#FutureGenerations
#Klimawandel
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Glacier loss may peak at 2,000–4,000 disappearing each year by mid‑century, says a study in @natclimate.nature.com. Limiting warming to 1.5 °C could more than double the number of glaciers that remain by 2100: spklr.io/633208LZri

#ClimateChangeScience #glaciology

(iii) The Titanic is a ship that sank because it collided with an iceberg that calved from Greenland. The Titanic was not turned around.

/end of lesson
#greenland
#iceland
#glaciology

Exploring the rapid, unstable retreat of the central British–Irish Ice Sheet post-LGM Explore Investigating the unstable and rapid retreat of the central British-Irish Ice Sheet after the Last Glacial Maximum, revealing new insights into ice-sheet retreat and deglaciation.

❄️ How did the British–Irish Ice Sheet retreat after the Last Glacial Maximum?

Dr Alex Clark (@royalholloway.bsky.social) reveals new evidence for rapid, unstable ice-sheet retreat.

📅 22 Jan 2026 | 🕐 1–2 pm

#UCLGeography #Palaeoclimate #Glaciology #IceSheet #ClimateHistory #UCLResearch