'Doomsday Glacier' Update with Eric Rignot

YouTube

Satellite images reveal the fastest Antarctic glacier retreat ever https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251113071611.htm

#Antarctic #environment #glacier

Satellite images reveal the fastest Antarctic glacier retreat ever

Hektoria Glacierโ€™s sudden eight-kilometer collapse stunned scientists, marking the fastest modern ice retreat ever recorded in Antarctica. Its flat, below-sea-level ice plain allowed huge slabs of ice to detach rapidly once retreat began. Seismic activity confirmed this wasnโ€™t just floating ice but grounded mass contributing to sea level rise. The event raises alarms that other fragile glaciers may be poised for similar, faster-than-expected collapses.

ScienceDaily

RE: https://mastodon.social/@paulbeckwith/115550068008392630

#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture and literature review #Antarctic #IceShelf #IceMelt #feedback #WaterStratification

15:31 "volume equivalent to 58 m of global sea level rise just in Antarctic ice sheet alone."
16:56 "we're always underestimating the speed at which things are happening"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkdXL_VUVCo

#climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather

Cracks in Antarctic 'Doomsday Glacier' ice shelf trigger accelerated destabilization https://phys.org/news/2025-11-antarctic-doomsday-glacier-ice-shelf.html

#Antarctic #environment #glacier

Cracks in Antarctic 'Doomsday Glacier' ice shelf trigger accelerated destabilization

Thwaites Glacier in West Antarcticaโ€”often called the "Doomsday Glacier"โ€”is one of the fastest-changing iceโ€“ocean systems on Earth, and its future remains a major uncertainty in global sea-level rise projections. One of its floating extensions, the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf (TEIS), is partially confined and anchored by a pinning point at its northern terminus.

Average temperature departures by month in the #Antarctic since the year 1940.

Data from @CopernicusECMWF ERA5 reanalysis.

Here is a map view of the record high temperatures in October 2025 across the #Antarctic. Compare this blob of anomalies greater than 5ยฐC with the Arctic from my earlier post. Yikes!

Data from https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7 using a 1981-2010 reference period.

#health #Arctic #Antarctic

They found that current models underestimate the direct and indirect impacts of changing polar regions on global health issues - from chronic disease to mental health challenges, and pregnancy complications

https://www.miragenews.com/polar-climate-shift-may-boost-global-health-1567202/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtermination #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Polar Climate Shift May Boost Global Health Risks

Climate change in Earth's polar regions is emerging as an under-recognised driver of global health risks, with consequences reaching far beyond the

Mirage News

๐Ÿšจ Last month observed the highest average temperature for the month of October across the #Antarctic Circle, with clearly 2025 well above any prior year in the satellite era.

Data from https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7

Patterns of November temperatures in the #Antarctic when averaged by decade... There is a warming trend.

Data from @CopernicusECMWF ERA5 reanalysis.