A Slow River of Ice: Mer de Glace Through Deep Time
A quiet account of how the Mer de Glace forms, flows, is measured, and preserves a record of snow, rock, and climate through the Alpine valley.
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A Slow River of Ice: Mer de Glace Through Deep Time
Episode guide
A quiet account of how the Mer de Glace glacier forms, flows, is measured, and carries a record of changing snow and climate through the Alpine valley. The episode separates direct observations from model forecasts, and treats the glacier as a slow system rather than a frozen object. The measurements come from Peyaud and colleagues in The Cryosphere (2020) 1, while the longer Holocene context comes from a 2026 EGUsphere preprint by Rodari and colleagues 2. Broader monitoring context is provided by the World Glacier Monitoring Service 3.
The Rodari et al. study is identified as a preprint under review. Its Holocene timescale describes sediment storage in the catchment, not a claim that every part of today's ice is eleven thousand years old.
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