Harry Zekollari
@harryzeko.bsky.social
Glaciologist - Associate professor at @vubrussel.bsky.social
Interested in glaciers, climate, hydrology, meteorites,...
Previously at ETH Zurich, WSL Birmensdorf, TU Delft, and Université libre de Bruxelles.
Interested in glaciers, climate, hydrology, meteorites,...
Previously at ETH Zurich, WSL Birmensdorf, TU Delft, and Université libre de Bruxelles.
Over the last decade, glaciers in the European Alps have lost more than 15% of their area.
New study by Codruț-Andrei Diaconu, introducing automated tool to map and quantify glacier area changes (+uncertainties)!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Together with @jlbamber.bsky.social
New study by Codruț-Andrei Diaconu, introducing automated tool to map and quantify glacier area changes (+uncertainties)!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Together with @jlbamber.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Over the last decade, glaciers in the European Alps have lost more than 15% of their area.
New study by Codruț-Andrei Diaconu, introducing automated tool to map and quantify glacier area changes (+uncertainties)!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Together with @jlbamber.bsky.social
New study by Codruț-Andrei Diaconu, introducing automated tool to map and quantify glacier area changes (+uncertainties)!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Together with @jlbamber.bsky.social
Under current policies (+2.7°C), we’re on track to only preserve a quarter of the current glacier mass (24%).
In contrast, under the Paris Agreement target of +1.5°C, more than half of the current global glacier mass can be saved (54%).
That’s double the ice!
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In contrast, under the Paris Agreement target of +1.5°C, more than half of the current global glacier mass can be saved (54%).
That’s double the ice!
[4/n]
June 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Under current policies (+2.7°C), we’re on track to only preserve a quarter of the current glacier mass (24%).
In contrast, under the Paris Agreement target of +1.5°C, more than half of the current global glacier mass can be saved (54%).
That’s double the ice!
[4/n]
In contrast, under the Paris Agreement target of +1.5°C, more than half of the current global glacier mass can be saved (54%).
That’s double the ice!
[4/n]
Even if global warming stopped at today’s level of +1.2°C (vs. preindustrial), we would still lose 39% of glacier mass - adding 10+ cm to sea-level rise.
Glaciers respond over long timescales, so a part of their fate is locked in.
[3/n]
Glaciers respond over long timescales, so a part of their fate is locked in.
[3/n]
June 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Even if global warming stopped at today’s level of +1.2°C (vs. preindustrial), we would still lose 39% of glacier mass - adding 10+ cm to sea-level rise.
Glaciers respond over long timescales, so a part of their fate is locked in.
[3/n]
Glaciers respond over long timescales, so a part of their fate is locked in.
[3/n]
We modeled the long-term fate of the over 200,000 glaciers worldwide using eight glacier evolution models and 80 climate scenarios. We assumed temperatures stay constant for thousands of years to see where glaciers stabilize.
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June 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We modeled the long-term fate of the over 200,000 glaciers worldwide using eight glacier evolution models and 80 climate scenarios. We assumed temperatures stay constant for thousands of years to see where glaciers stabilize.
[2/n]
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⛰️ In a new study in @science.org, we project that 39% of the global glacier mass is committed to be lost irrespective of future warming.
However, a lot can still be saved - see title:
“Glacier preservation doubled by limiting warming to 1.5°C versus 2.7°C”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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However, a lot can still be saved - see title:
“Glacier preservation doubled by limiting warming to 1.5°C versus 2.7°C”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
[1/n]
June 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
⛰️ In a new study in @science.org, we project that 39% of the global glacier mass is committed to be lost irrespective of future warming.
However, a lot can still be saved - see title:
“Glacier preservation doubled by limiting warming to 1.5°C versus 2.7°C”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
[1/n]
However, a lot can still be saved - see title:
“Glacier preservation doubled by limiting warming to 1.5°C versus 2.7°C”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
[1/n]