Xavier Fettweis

@xavierfettweis.bsky.social

Full Prof of climatology at the University of Liège. Main developer of the regional climate model MAR applied over the polar regions and Europe. Web: http://climato.be

The melting season over the Greenland ice sheet is starting with likely one of the highest melt event for a month of May. The omega blocking responsible of the drought over Europe advectes very warm air masses along it west size towards the Greenland ice sheet.

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The polar vortex is "living" its final hours. Its disorganization usually occurs at mid-spring. So, in short, the high pressure system, currently over Western Europe, is not about to move. This suggests a drought in the coming weeks and South => North (heat) or N => S (late frosts) circulations.

Sous l’effet du réchauffement climatique, les glaciers ont perdu 6 500 milliards de tonnes de glace entre 2000 et 2023, soit l’équivalent de trois piscines olympiques par seconde. Les Alpes et les Pyrénées, les zones les plus touchées, ont vu 40 % de leur glace fondre www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

Les glaciers déclinent partout autour du globe, perdant l’équivalent de trois piscines olympiques par seconde

Les Alpes et les Pyrénées figurent parmi les zones les plus touchées, s’étant délestés d’environ 40 % de leur masse en vingt ans, selon une étude parue mercredi dans « Nature ».

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Ossoue Glacier (Vignemale, Pyrénées) 2000 | 2023 Will you be able to explain to your children the cause of this disappearance (planned for before 2030) ⁉️ Because none of this happened naturally... ⛽️🔥 📷 Pierre René (Association Moraine)

Repeat photography showing the accelerated retreat of Ossoue Glacier in the Pyrenees between 2000 and 2023, with extinction planned before 2030.

This article sums up quite well what I think (as well as my colleague Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele) about President Trump's recent decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. For me, the biggest risk in the medium term is mainly his Minister of Efficiency... www.rtbf.be/article/le-p...

Le président Donald Trump quitte l’accord de Paris : est-ce foutu pour la planète ?

Parmi la pluie de décrets que Donald Trump a signée dès le premier jour de son investiture comme 47e président des...

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