🚨 A major study just dropped, and the results are alarming.

Glaciers around the world are disappearing at breakneck speed.

From 2000 to 2023, glaciers lost 273 billions of tons of ice per year—that’s like watching three Olympic swimming pools of ice vanish every second. And it’s getting worse: in 2023 alone, we lost 548 billion tons—a record-breaking year for all the wrong reasons.

🌍 Who’s losing the most?

Alaska is the biggest loser in total ice volume.

But European glaciers are collapsing even faster. Central Europe has lost 40% of its ice in just two decades.

🔎 Are we underestimating the crisis?

By 2023, glaciers had already contributed 18.1 mm to sea level rise, in line with IPCC’s median projections for low emissions scenarios. But here’s the real kicker: glaciers are already surpassing the worst-case projections for 2040 in some regions like the Southern Andes and New Zealand.

💡 What does this mean?

The science is clear: we are heading toward an unstoppable loss of glaciers—unless we act now. This isn’t just about ice. It’s about people. It’s about water. It’s about life as we know it.

Glacier loss means rising seas, disrupted water supplies, and cascading climate disasters. It’s not a distant problem—it’s happening right now.

🛑 But we are not powerless.

2025 marks the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation—let’s make it count. Not with half-measures. Not with vague promises. But with real, ambitious action to cut emissions and protect the cryosphere before it's too late.

New study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08545-z

📷 The last heartbeat of the Conejeras glacier in Colombia 💔 A glacier studied by Jorge Luis Ceballos IDEAM Colombia and also cared for by Cumbres Blancas Colombia