These weeks I'm in (northern) Norway, documenting glaciers.Very grateful for the support from the NVE to make this possible. Many new stories to be published in the coming months about the fascinating glaciers over here.

Sólheimajökull is one of Iceland's best accessible glaciers. For many it's a must-see on their visit, in part feeling it could be their 'Last Chance' to see it. Though this exciting glacier won't disappear thát fast, things aren't looking good. Still, plenty to see:
glacierchange.com/en/solheimaj...

The story on Kötlujökull (Iceland) is now improved and updated. Quite the glacier, as it covers Katla volcano and their interplay causes the world's most powerful outburst floods or Katlahlaups, which leave icebergs up to 60 m high stranded on the outwash plain. See glacierchange.com/en/kotlujoku...

Big turnaround for glaciers in (especially) Valais. From very little snow to (much) above-average snow cover within three days. Bortelsee (2517 m), on the Swiss-Italian, even had 258 cm of fresh snow in just three days! Good news for the glaciers, now the sun is getting stronger. Image: whiterisk.ch

Another eruption occured yesterday in Reykjanes Peninsula, but the mother of all Icelandic volcanoes (Katla) has been quiet since 1918. However, its tephra is still melting out from Mýrdalsjökull. Resurfacing tephra reveals melt rates of Sléttjökull, see glacierchange.com/en/slettjoku...

Today is #WorldGlacierDay. Let's work on their preservation. In the case of Fiesch Glacier, local people even pray to stop its retreat. They also use meltwater for irrigation, illustrating the close relationship between people and glaciers. See glacierchange.com/en/fieschgla.... btw: Story no. 100!

1839: among scientists, the revolutionary theory that glaciers once covered vast expanses of Europe is gaining momentum. Pioneers went into the Alps (and Findel Glacier) to substantiate their theory, but their findings didn't surprise the local guide at all. Curious? glacierchange.com/findelglacier/

Ever heard of Sauabreen? This nondescript glacier in SE Folgefonna (Norway) once afflicted a hamlet, as it caused outburst floods. Therefore the community decided to move in 1962. Due to glacier retreat the ice-dammed lake disappeared in 2016. Safer, but duller. glacierchange.com/en/sauabreen/

Climate change is killing Hardangerjøkulen, starting with its outlets. Two of them, Ramnabergbreen and Rembesdalskåka, have now been added to the site. Both stories are all about lakes: the former retreats out of one, the latter dams another. Check glacierchange.com/en/norway/ (bottom page).

New orthophotos of Jostedalsbreen have just been released at norgeibilder.no, the first update of the ice cap since 2017. See for yourself how glaciers have retreated in the last 7 years. Erdalsbreen, for example, retreated out of a lake. More about that glacier at glacierchange.com/en/erdalsbre...

Yet another glacier added, this time Blåisen (Hardangerjøkulen). Here, scientists found radioactive lemmings and discovered an 8200 year old 'cold spell'. A lot to discover at this relativerly small glacier. glacierchange.com/en/blaisen/ (zoals altijd ook in het Nederlands) #glaciers2025

In Norway, no glacier is closer to a train station than Midtdalsbreen (Hardangerjøkulen). Only 5 km seperate the glacier's flutes and moraines from the railway platform. But the walk is getting longer every year and the glacier itself slows down. Meet the glacier at glacierchange.com/en/midtdalsb...

Today, The UN kicks off the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation. For some glaciers it's too little too late, but what about Supphellebreen? This Norwegian glaciers sparks floods due to melt, one of the focus areas of the Year of Glaciers. See glacierchange.com/en/supphelle...

#Glaciers2025

Bøyabreen is a glacier in Norway that has attracted visitors since the early days of tourism, further helped by the construction of two tunnels and the Norwegian Glacier Museum in 1991. But is this melting glacier still worth a visit? See glacierchange.com/en/boyabreen/ for its 'brand new' history.

Over 2024, Iceland (Reykjavik) had the lowest average temperature since 1995. Nevertheless, new data show mass loss for all main ice caps (though less than last year). How come? A cold winter means little snow, so glaciers didn't benefit.

Graph: mass balance Vatnajökull, tinyurl.com/4f93uk57

Myklebustbreen ice cap just west of Jostedalsbreen is ten times smaller than the latter, but has a beautiful outlet glacier: Haugabreen. The surrounding landscape tells about the glacier's history.

Read all about it at glacierchange.com/en/haugabreen/ or glacierchange.com/nl/haugabree... (NL)

Norwegian glaciers advanced rapidly in the first half of the 18th century, wreaking havoc on local farmer communities. Brenndalsbreen was one of the most devastating glaciers. Its violent history, subsequent retreat and beautiful features can now be discovered at glacierchange.com/en/brenndals...

Nieuw verhaal op glacierchange: de Kjenndalsbreen. Lees over het wel en wee van deze grotendeels verdwenen gletsjer in Noorwegen op glacierchange.com/nl/kjenndals...