A new study, which used declassified images from spy satellites, shows that glaciers in the Himalayas melted twice as fast from 2000 to 2016 as they did from 1975 to 2000. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/himalayan-glaciers-melting-double-fast-since-2000…
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Glacial Melting In Antarctica May Become Irreversible, NASA-Funded Study Suggests
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A Nasa-funded study found instability in the Thwaites glacier meant there would probably come a point when it was impossible to stop it flowing into the sea and triggering a 50cm sea level rise. Other Antarctic glaciers were likely to be similarly unstable. The Thwaites glacier, part of the West Antarctic ice…
India is Staring at a Water Apocalypse
A combination of climate change, bad policies and political apathy is steadily pushing India into a catastrophic water crisis that threatens stability in South Asia. From a report: Recent studies document that glaciers feeding the Indian subcontinent’s rivers will recede rapidly, while rapid ground water depletion poses an existential challenge to agriculture. The southwest monsoons remain the biggest source of water…
Spy satellite images reveal Himalaya glacier ice losses have doubled
The speed at which glaciers in the Himalayas are losing ice has doubled since the turn of the century, an analysis of declassified spy film has revealed Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2206940-spy-satellite-images-reveal-himalaya-glacier-ice-losses-have-doubled/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Cold War–era spy satellite images show Himalayan glaciers are melting fast
Declassified spy satellite photographs reveal that glacier melt in the Himalayas has sped up dramatically in the last two decades. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cold-war-spy-satellite-images-himalayan-glaciers-rapid-melting4…
Andromeda, Jupiter, Milky Way over Montana
We’re now in the middle of the best time of year to see Jupiter, and it’s near the starry arc of the Milky Way. Enjoy this panoramic image from John Ashley in Montana. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photo-andromeda-jupiter-milky-way-over-montana…
Waterfall illusion: Still objects seem to move
Check out this optical illusion and find out what it says about your brain. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/waterfall-optical-illusion-brain…
Melting small glaciers could add 10 inches to sea level by 2100
A new analysis of 200,000 glaciers worldwide paints a picture of a future planet with a lot less ice and a lot more water. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/melting-small-glaciers-sea-level-rise…
Himalayan glacier melting threatens water security for millions of people
Asia’s glaciers are melting faster than they are accumulating new stores of snow and ice. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/himalayan-glacier-melting-threatens-water-security-millions-people4…
More West Antarctic glacier ice now unstable
By combining 25 years of satellite data, scientists have discovered that warming ocean waters have caused the ice to thin so rapidly that 24% of the glacier ice in West Antarctica is now affected. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/west-antarctica-ice-unstable…